C/2021 A1 (Leonard) (Record n° 24664)
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 m1 0.4 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 11.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 0.671 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.456 AU Right ascension 20 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 configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter(s) IR pro Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -23 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade-MCMT-TDM Exposure details 3x10s Air mass 5.866986 Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-B1.0
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Remarks or comments Altitude : 9.4°
Weak solution Observation submission date 2021 Dec 23 10h30m04s Observation modification date 2021 Dec 24 18h55m30s