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On 2024 Sep 16 18h10 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.466 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.341 AU
Right ascension16 59 36.82 h m s
Declination-42 22 50.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD M49
CON P. Ditz
OBS D. Husar, M. Junius, L. Demetz, A. Karacali, P. Ditz, R. Hellot, T. Daiber, T. Steinbach
MEA D. Husar, P. Ditz
TEL 0.30-m f/4 reflector + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport CODM49-PDI #CK23C020 obs2024-09-16 (L_15x60s_bin2) file updated 2024.09.17 13:04:15
NET ATLAS2
AC2 M49-Team@gmx.de,obs-remote@ias-observatory.org,patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
    CK23C020 KB2024 09 16.75672 16 59 36.82 -42 22 50.5          15.2 V      M49
    CK23C020 KB2024 09 16.76028 16 59 37.19 -42 22 46.4          15.3 V      M49
    CK23C020 KB2024 09 16.76384 16 59 37.57 -42 22 42.1          15.2 V      M49
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentLacerta 12"
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)L
CameraQHY 268M
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning2x2
MountASA DDM 85XLA
Exposure total time840 s
Exposure details14x60s
Moon phase5 °
Moon elongation77 °
Air mass1.2
Observatory MPC codeM49
LocationIAS Hakos Namibie
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.3 "/pix
Image processingPrism11 & Gimp
Remarks or commentsObservation & Measurement by NEO-Team from IAS (Internationale Amateur Sternwarte) Namibia
Observation submission date2024 Sep 17 15h05m59s
Observation modification date2024 Sep 17 15h09m48s

(Record n° 28845)

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