169P/Neat


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this image is used in reports of the NASA Ames Research Center, SETI Institute by Dr. Peter Jenniskens.
The comet is identified as the parent body of the alpha Capricornid meteor shower: See The Astronomical Journal 139, No.5 (March,31 2010).

169P/Neat � by Bernhard Haeusler, Germany

2010-02-17 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany                                                   frozen on comet and stars

15 x 1 min. exposure, 2010-02-17 UT 00:06, 12" SCT  f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
15.38 mag, coma: 16"

169P/Neat � by Bernhard Haeusler, Germany

2010-02-17 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany                                                   frozen on comet

15 x 1 min. exposure, 2010-02-17 UT 00:06, 12" SCT  f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
15.38 mag, coma: 16"


MPC observation: computed with Astrometrica

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

NET CMC-14

0169P C2010 02 17.00806 08 43 17.44 -01 33 07.4 15.4 N B82
0169P C2010 02 17.01275 08 43 17.26 -01 32 55.3 15.4 N B82
0169P C2010 02 17.01432 08 43 17.21 -01 32 51.3 15.4 N B82

Gauss curve produced by Astrometrica. The total PSF is using the aperture circle of 5 x 5 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
------------  ----------      --------     -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----  ---

169P             17/02/2010 00:17:14 15.38 15.14 15.08 15.02 14.94 14.87 14.2 18.2 B82
169P             17/02/2010 00:17:14* 0.02 0.03 0.08 0.08 0.11 0.12 6 6.1 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.

Focas 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.

Focas 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

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