491P/Spacewatch-PANSTARRS (Record n° 12178)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Jul 28 03h25 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.4 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 4.124 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.113 AU Right ascension 20 54 56.90 h m s Declination -17 54 36.6 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.07.28 05:04:07
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
PK14M04G KC2014 07 28.14211 20 54 56.90 -17 54 36.6 18.4 N W96
PK14M04G KC2014 07 28.19166 20 54 54.99 -17 54 39.6 18.4 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 35 x 120s Moon elongation 172 ° Air mass 1.11 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Jul 28 07h15m14s Observation modification date 2014 Jul 28 07h16m05s