C/2023 C2 (ATLAS) (Record n° 28845)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2024 Sep 16 18h10 UT by Patrick Ditz
(Copyright Patrick Ditz)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.2 " r (dist/Sun) 2.466 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.341 AU Right ascension 16 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 configuration Config1 Instrument Lacerta 12" Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 300 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4 Filter(s) L Camera QHY 268M Sensor CMOS Sensor size 23.5x15.7 mm2 Sensor pixels number 6252x4176 Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 2x2 Mount ASA DDM 85XLA Exposure total time 840 s Exposure details 14x60s Moon phase 5 ° Moon elongation 77 ° Air mass 1.2 Observatory MPC code M49 Location IAS Hakos Namibie Reference stars catalog ATLAS2
Used softwares Tycho Tracker Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.3 "/pix Image processing Prism11 & Gimp Remarks or comments Observation & Measurement by NEO-Team from IAS (Internationale Amateur Sternwarte) Namibia Observation submission date 2024 Sep 17 15h05m59s Observation modification date 2024 Sep 17 15h09m48s