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260P/McNaught

Orbital period : 6.90 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Sep 16 01h41 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.2
Aperture radius used for m214.25 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.498 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.608 AU
Right ascension02 02 17.60 h m s
Declination+25 12 13.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.090-m f/5.3 Maksutov-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.09.15 and 16
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0260P         C2012 09 16.06987 02 02 17.60 +25 12 13.3          13.2 N      C10
0260P         C2012 09 16.08036 02 02 17.71 +25 12 34.1          13.2 N      C10
0260P         C2012 09 16.09434 02 02 17.88 +25 13 01.8          13.2 N      C10
Instrument typeCassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)90 mm
Instrument focale length477 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.3
CameraATICK 314L+
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.45 x 6.45 mm2
Sensor pixels number1360 x 1024
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time2400 s
Exposure details8 X 300s
Seeing3
Moon elongation136 °
Air mass1.10
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.85 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Sep 17 15h47m28s
Observation modification date2012 Sep 17 16h00m31s

(Record n° 7478)

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