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C/2021 A1 (Leonard)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2021 Dec 22 16h59 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.6
Aperture radius used for m10.4 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.671 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.456 AU
Right ascension20 46 44.52 h m s
Declination-31 59 12.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@free.fr]
OBS J.-G.Bosch, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2021.12.23 10:17:57
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
COM IRpro 742nm filter
COM Photometry aperture radius used for m2 = 5.8 arcsec (7 pixels, 0.83 arcsec/pix)
COM Photometry aperture radius used for m1 = 0.4 arcmin (30 pixels, 0.83 arcsec/pix)
NET USNO-B1.0
    CK21A010  C2021 12 22.70825 20 46 44.52 -31 59 12.1          11.7 I      A77
    CK21A010  C2021 12 22.70918 20 46 45.26 -31 59 10.5           9.6 T      A77
    CK21A010  C2021 12 22.71057 20 46 46.32 -31 59 09.1          11.5 I      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)IR pro
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-23 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade-MCMT-TDM
Exposure details3x10s
Air mass5.866986
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Remarks or commentsAltitude : 9.4° Weak solution
Observation submission date2021 Dec 23 10h30m04s
Observation modification date2021 Dec 24 18h55m30s

(Record n° 24664)

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