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| C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS 30-Mar-2013 20:43 UT La Cañada (c) Juan Lacruz Canon EOS 1D MK IV + EF 400 mm F5.6 ISO 400, 30 sec |
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| C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS 30-Mar-2013 20:44 UT La Cañada (c) Juan Lacruz Canon EOS 1D MK IV + EF 400 mm F5.6 ISO 400, 30 sec |
La Cañada Observatory, is an initiative by Juan Lacruz, the observatory started astrometric operations in the summer of 2002, it is registered as station J87 in the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union.
The Observatory also participates in the studies on minor bodies promoted by the Group on Meteorites, Minor Bodies, and Planetary Sciences of the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC).
Este obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 2.5 España.
The Observatory also participates in the studies on minor bodies promoted by the Group on Meteorites, Minor Bodies, and Planetary Sciences of the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC).
Este obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 2.5 España.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS
Friday, March 22, 2013
Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS 22-03-2013
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| C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS, 22-03-2013 20:35 UT Madrid (c) Juan Lacruz |
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| C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS, 22-03-2013 20:51 UT Madrid (c) Juan Lacruz |
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS
For a while the clouds opened and gave a chance to shot some pictures of this nice comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS from Madrid, Spain. The star to right is Gamma Pegasi, Algenib.
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| C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS Canon EOS 1D + EF 500 @ F4, 0.5 seconds ISO 400. 14-March-2013, 19:32 UT Madrid, Spain, (c) Juan Lacruz |
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| C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS Canon EOS 1D + EF 500 @ F4, 1.0 seconds ISO 400. 14-March-2013, 19:58 UT Madrid, Spain, (c) Juan Lacruz |
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
NEOCP Confirmations
A new amor object with provisional designation 2013 AL11 was observed and confirmed with the 0.40 m telescope at La Cañada, moving quite fast at about 5 arc seconds per minute the individual exposures were limited to 12 seconds to keep the object untrailed.
References : MPEC 2013-A25
New apollo object designated as 2013 AO27 confirmed.
References : MPEC 2013-A38
References : MPEC 2013-A25
New apollo object designated as 2013 AO27 confirmed.
References : MPEC 2013-A38
Comets C/2012 K5 LINEAR & C/2012 S1 ISON
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| One hour exposure on Comet ISON, La Cañada 0,40 m F10 Ritchey-Chretien telescope |
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Comet C/2012 S1 ISON from Observatorio de La Cañada J87 on 05-January-2013
Signal to noise ratio in Y-axis, full width at half maximum FWHM in X-axis, comet in red, surrounding stars in blue.
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Comet C/2012 S1 ISON, not an obvious comet at the moment, displays a coma size of 15 arc seconds in diameter. This Sun grazer comet is supposed to brighten in its approach to perihelion by 28-November-2013 to become one of these comets to remember.
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