C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) (Record n° 28982)
Perihelion distance : 0.39 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 139 °
Eccentricity : 1
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2024 Oct 23 18h14 UT by Patrick Ditz
(Copyright Patrick Ditz)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 5.3 Aperture radius for m1 4.5 ' Magnitude (MPC m2) 8.3 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.6 " Coma diameter 9 ' r (dist/Sun) 0.752 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.674 AU Right ascension 256.65654 ° Declination +3.07847 ° MPC report COD K97
CON P.Ditz
OBS P.Ditz
MEA P.Ditz
TEL 0.54-m f/3.75 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport CodK97-PDI #CK23A030 obs2024-10-23 (L_32x1.8s_bin2) file updated 2024.10.24 13:46:02
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr,pat.ditz@gmx.fr
CK23A030 KC2024 10 23.75968 17 06 37.57 +03 04 42.5 8.3 V K97
CK23A030 KC2024 10 23.76150 17 06 38.57 +03 04 43.2 8.3 V K97
CK23A030 KC2024 10 23.76326 17 06 39.55 +03 04 44.2 8.4 V K97Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument T540 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 540 mm Instrument focale length 2025 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.75 Filter L Camera Atik 460EX Sensor CCD Sensor size 10x12.5 mm2 Sensor pixels number 2749x2199 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount VMA300 Exposure total time 55.8 s Picture exposure details 31x1.8s Air mass 2.5 Observatory MPC code K97 Location Freconrupt Reference stars catalog (ast) ATLAS2
Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 0.59 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.93 "/pix Image processing Prism11 & Gimp Remarks or comments Astrométrie & photométrie très difficiles à réaliser correctement Observation submission date 2024 Oct 24 18h46m30s Observation modification date 2024 Oct 24 18h56m26s