C/2008 T2 (Cardinal)
2009-01-30 by Bernhard Haeusler, Germany
MPC observation: computed with Astrometrica
COD B82
OBS Bernhard Haeusler
MEA Bernhard Haeusler
TEL 0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
NET USNO-A2.0
CK08T020
C2009 01 30.73564 02 12 47.75 +71 35 46.3 14.7 N B82
CK08T020 C2009 01 30.73711 02 12 48.00 +71 35 44.4 14.7 N B82
CK08T020 C2009 01 30.73858 02 12 48.21 +71 35 41.9 14.7 N B82
CK08T020 C2009 01 30.74004 02 12 48.50 +71 35 40.3 14.7 N B82
CK08T020 C2009 01 30.74151 02 12 48.73 +71 35 37.9 14.7 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 /BAND: CLEAR
10x10 20x20 30x30 40x40 50x50 60x60 SNR SB COD
OBJECT DATE TIME +/-
+/- +/-
+/- +/-
+/- N FWHM CAT
------------ ---------- -------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
---- ---- ---
C/2008 T2 30/01/2009 17:43:33 14.69 13.86 13.46 13.21 13.02 12.87
16.7 18.2 B82
C/2008 T2 30/01/2009 17:43:33* 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02
5 3.8 USN
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.
Facas II is using the .log file of Astrometrica and is computing
the photometry under different apertures (10x10 ... 60x60).
The graphs are showing the astrometric precision of the images.
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