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C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Perihelion distance : 0.39 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 139 °
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Jul 01 23h57 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Magnitude (MPC m2)12.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
Coma diameter4.3 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.876 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.971 AU
Right ascension168.80954 °
Declination+2.72736 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON P.Ditz
OBS P.Ditz
MEA P.Ditz
TEL 0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport CodW96-PDI #CK23A030 obs2024-07-02 (L_50x30s_bin3) file updated 2024.07.02 09:35:08
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr,pat.ditz@gmx.fr
    CK23A030 KB2024 07 01.99796 11 15 14.29 +02 43 38.5          12.6 V      W96
    CK23A030 KB2024 07 02.00456 11 15 13.89 +02 43 37.6          12.6 V      W96
    CK23A030 KB2024 07 02.01114 11 15 13.49 +02 43 36.6          12.7 V      W96
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentPlaneWave CDK17
Instrument typeCassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)430 mm
Instrument focale length2924 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.8
FilterL
CameraQHY 268M
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning3x3
MountAstelco NTM500
Exposure total time1500 s
Exposure details50x30s
Air mass1.6
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSpaceObs Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.79 "/pix
Image processingPrism11 & Gimp
Observation submission date2024 Jul 02 16h27m12s
Observation modification date2024 Jul 02 16h30m34s

(Record n° 28579)

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