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C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Sep 24 09h11 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)5.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.9 "
Coma diameter8.8 '
Tail length3 °
Tail position angle (PA)253 °
r (dist/Sun) 0.405 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.070 AU
Right ascension10 38 28.55 h m s
Declination-06 05 58.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON P.Ditz
OBS P.Ditz
MEA P.Ditz
TEL 0.11-m f/5 refractor + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport CodW96-PDI #CK23A030 obs2024-09-24 (L_60x2s_bin2) file updated 2024.09.24 09:04:00
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr,pat.ditz@gmx.fr
    CK23A030 KB2024 09 24.38237 10 38 28.55 -06 05 58.4           5.7 V      W96
    CK23A030 KB2024 09 24.38395 10 38 28.66 -06 05 58.7           5.6 V      W96
    CK23A030 KB2024 09 24.38554 10 38 28.78 -06 05 58.9           5.6 V      W96
Instrumental configurationConfig2
InstrumentFSQ106
Instrument typeRefractor
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)110 mm
Instrument focale length550 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
Filter(s)L
CameraQHY600
SensorCCD
Sensor size36x24 mm2
Sensor pixels number9576x6388
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountAstelco NTM500
Exposure total time74 s
Exposure details37x2s
Moon phase83 °
Moon elongation79 °
Air mass8.8
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSpaceObs Chili
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.9 "/pix
Image processingPrism1 & Gimp
Remarks or commentsLa comète C/2023 A3 est photographiée juste au-dessus de la cordillère des Andes dans des conditions difficiles. L'encadré de l'image a été obtenu avec CDK17 caméra QHY268M au même moment que les images prises par la FSQ106
Observation submission date2024 Sep 24 18h42m09s
Observation modification date2024 Sep 24 18h51m40s

(Record n° 28861)

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