C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) (Record n° 28982)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2024 Oct 23 18h14 UT by Patrick Ditz
(Copyright Patrick Ditz)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 5.3 Aperture radius used for m1 4.5 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 8.3 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " Coma diameter 9 ' r (dist/Sun) 0.752 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.674 AU Right ascension 17 06 37.57 h m s Declination +03 04 42.5 ° ' " MPC report COD K97
CON P.Ditz
OBS P.Ditz
MEA P.Ditz
TEL 0.54-m f/3.75 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport CodK97-PDI #CK23A030 obs2024-10-23 (L_32x1.8s_bin2) file updated 2024.10.24 13:46:02
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr,pat.ditz@gmx.fr
CK23A030 KC2024 10 23.75968 17 06 37.57 +03 04 42.5 8.3 V K97
CK23A030 KC2024 10 23.76150 17 06 38.57 +03 04 43.2 8.3 V K97
CK23A030 KC2024 10 23.76326 17 06 39.55 +03 04 44.2 8.4 V K97
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument T540 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 540 mm Instrument focale length 2025 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.75 Filter(s) L Camera Atik 460EX Sensor CCD Sensor size 10x12.5 mm2 Sensor pixels number 2749x2199 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount VMA300 Exposure total time 55.8 s Exposure details 31x1.8s Air mass 2.5 Observatory MPC code K97 Location Freconrupt Reference stars catalog ATLAS2
Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 0.59 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.93 "/pix Image processing Prism11 & Gimp Remarks or comments Astrométrie & photométrie très difficiles à réaliser correctement Observation submission date 2024 Oct 24 18h46m30s Observation modification date 2024 Oct 24 18h56m26s