74p_20090218

74P/Smirnova-Chernykh

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74P/Smirnova-Chernykh � by Bernhard Haeusler, Germany

� 2009-02-18 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany

2 x 5 min. exposure, 2009-02-18, UT 03:05 to 03:15, 12" SCT f-7 + CCD ST10XME
16.14 mag, coma: 0'15", tail: 1'12" in PA 275�

MPC observation: computed with Astrometrica

COD B82
OBS Bernhard Haeusler
TEL 0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD

NET CMC-14

0074P C2009 02 18.13060 09 19 38.47 +23 59 59.6 16.2 N B82
0074P C2009 02 18.13416 09 19 38.28 +24 00 00.1 16.1 N B82

Gauss curve produced by Astrometrica. The total PSF is using the aperture circle of 10 x 10 pixel around the brightest pixel.
You see the Gauss curve right as the computed ideal line and the real pixels contributed around the ideal line.
The Fit RMS is the deviation from the ideal line (inlay under the Gauss curve).

Photometry computed with FOCAS II, using the Multibox method:

COD B82
OBS Bernhard Haeusler
CATALOG: USNO A2.0 / CMC-14 - BAND: R

10x10 20x20 30x30 40x40 50x50 60x60 SNR SB COD
OBJECT DATE TIME +/- +/- +/- +/- +/- +/- N FWHM CAT
------------ ---------- -------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---

74P 18/02/2009 03:10:38 16.14 15.58 15.37 15.21 15.14 15.06 11.3 18.8 B82
74P 18/02/2009 03:10:38* 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.06 0.07 2 5.4 CMC

FoCAs II - 07/01/2009-b

FOCAS II is a tool for photometry on the base of data coming from Astrometrica. Focas is basically using the .LOG file of Astrometrica.

Explanation of the FOCAS II table headings:

Object, date and time are self-explaining.
10x10, 20x20 ... 60x60 are the measured magnitudes according to the aperture sizes of photometry in arc sec (rectancle).
SNR is the Signal-to-noise ratio for aperture photometry (calculator).
SB is the magnitude of the faintest star on the image matching with the used star catalogue. This is not the faintest star of the image!
COD is the MPC Code of the observatory.

second line:
+/- are the precisions of the measurements.
N is the number of the used images for the measurements.
FWHM is the Full-Width Half-Maximum of the total PSF: Measure of the seeing.
CAT is the used star catalog in Astrometrica.

74P/Smirnova-Chernykh � by Bernhard Haeusler, Germany

In February 2009 the distance to the Sun is 3.60 AU

links:

http://astrosurf.com/cometas-obs/index_i.htm Visual and CCD Observations and images from the "Cometas Obs" mailing list, using the Focas II format

es.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cometas_Obs The Spanish comet observation group in Yahoo

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