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509P/Catalina

Orbital period : 18.68 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2025 Dec 23 01h40 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.6
m2 standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius used for m26.0 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.731 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.769 AU
Right ascension05 03 41.86 h m s
Declination+25 42 15.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.12.23 12:31:02
NET Gaia EDR3
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
0509P        KB2025 12 23.06966 05 03 41.86 +25 42 15.7          17.3 G      X03
0509P        KB2025 12 23.07687 05 03 41.49 +25 42 13.5          17.3 G      X03
0509P        KB2025 12 23.08335 05 03 41.27 +25 42 12.8          17.2 G      X03
0509P        KB2025 12 23.08912 05 03 41.09 +25 42 11.6          17.8 G      X03
0509P        KB2025 12 23.09488 05 03 40.88 +25 42 10.8          18.0 G      X03
0509P        KB2025 12 23.10064 05 03 40.65 +25 42 09.6          17.8 G      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)360 mm
Instrument focale length1728 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.8
Filter(s)L
CameraPlayer One IMX571 Mono
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Exposure details4x2mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia EDR3
Used softwaresTycho V12.7
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.86 "/pix
Observation submission date2025 Dec 24 15h43m26s
Observation modification date2025 Dec 24 15h49m27s

(Record n° 30682)

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