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260P/McNaught

Orbital period : 6.90 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Oct 05 23h33 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.9
Aperture radius used for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.517 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.584 AU
Right ascension01 58 37.03 h m s
Declination+35 12 21.6 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.10.05
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0260P         C2012 10 05.98139 01 58 37.03 +35 12 21.6          13.8 N      C10
0260P         C2012 10 05.98900 01 58 36.70 +35 12 33.3          13.9 N      C10
0260P         C2012 10 05.99500 01 58 36.45 +35 12 42.5          13.9 N      C10
0260P         C2012 10 05.99653 01 58 36.39 +35 12 44.8          13.9 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)Rc (UBVRI)
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1800 s
Exposure details15 X 120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation44 °
Air mass1.06
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-3
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Oct 07 14h13m29s
Observation modification date2012 Oct 08 14h58m00s

(Record n° 7741)

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