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Comet Yang Gao

The periodic comet discovered by Xin Xing and Yang Rui in 2009
Comet Yang Gao, numbered P/2009 L2, is a famous astronomer in Xinjiang University of Science and Technology of China Yang Rui, a graduate student, discovered a new periodic comet in the early morning of June 16, 2009.
Chinese name
Comet Yang Gao
Classification
comet
Discoverer
Yang Rui is happy
Discovery time
June 16, 2009

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Comet Yang Gao
The comet's magnitude is 13.9.

Discovery history

It was first discovered in the early morning of June 16, 2009, and was named on June 17.

Honor

The 2009 Igor Wilson Comet Award.

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equipment

GPD+SS2K+CANON 350D+300f/2.8 Tulli head, ISO400, exposure 100 seconds

Specific information

IMPLE = T
BITPIX = 16 /8 unsigned int, 16 & 32 int, -32 & -64 real
NAXIS = 2 /number of axes
NAXIS1 = 3474 /fastest changing axis
NAXIS2 = 2314 /next to fastest changing axis
BSCALE = 1.0000000000000000 /physical = BZERO + BSCALE*array_value
BZERO = 32768.000000000000 /physical = BZERO + BSCALE*array_value
OBJECT = 'oph9pic A6' / Target object name
TELESCOP= 'ACP->MaxPoint-TheSky' / Telescope name
INSTRUME= 'Canon Eos 2' / Detector instrument name
OBSERVER= 'Xing Gao' / Observer name
NOTES = ' '
DATE-OBS= '2009-06-15T19:23:16' / [ISO 8601] UTC date/time of exposure start
EXPTIME = 1.00000000000E+002 / [sec] Duration of exposure
EXPOSURE= 1.00000000000E+002 / [sec] Duration of exposure
XPIXSZ = 6.4000000000000004 /Pixel Width in microns (after binning)
YPIXSZ = 6.4000000000000004 /Pixel Height in microns (after binning)
XBINNING= 1 / Binning level along the X-axis
YBINNING= 1 / Binning level along the Y-axis
XORGSUBF= 0 /Subframe X position in binned pixels
YORGSUBF= 0 /Subframe Y position in binned pixels
ISOSPEED= 'ISO 400 '
IMAGETYP= 'Light Frame' / Type of image
FOCALLEN= 0.00000000000000000 /Focal length of telescope in mm
APTDIA = 0.00000000000000000 /Aperture diameter of telescope in mm
APTAREA = 0.00000000000000000 /Aperture area of telescope in mm^2
SWCREATE= 'MaxIm DL Version 5.03' /Name of software that created the image
SBSTDVER= 'SBFITSEXT Version 1.0' /Version of SBFITSEXT standard in effect
FLIPSTAT= 'Flip/Mirror'
SWMODIFY= 'MaxIm DL Version 5.03' /Name of software that modified the image
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HISTORY Edit Mirror
SWOWNER = 'gaoxing ' / Licensed owner of software
IMGROLL = 'Y '
HISTORY File was processed by PinPoint 5.0.13 at 2009-06-15T19:25:07
DATE = '15/06/09' / [old format] UTC date of exposure start
TIME-OBS= '19:23:16' / [old format] UTC time of exposure start
UT = '19:23:16' / [old format] UTC time of exposure start
TIMESYS = 'UTC ' / Default time system
RADECSYS= 'FK5 ' / Equatorial coordinate system
AIRMASS = 2.00042461711E+000 / Airmass (multiple of zenithal airmass)
ST = '18 50 39.88' / Local apparent sidereal time of exp. start
LAT-OBS = 4.34708333333E+001 / [deg +N WGS84] Geodetic latitude
LONG-OBS= 8.71776666667E+001 / [deg +E WGS84] Geodetic longitude
ALT-OBS = 2.08000000000E+003 / [metres] Altitude above mean sea level
OBSERVAT= 'c42 ' / Observatory name
RA = '18 09 33.05' / [hms J2000] Target right ascension
OBJCTRA = '18 09 33.05' / [hms J2000] Target right ascension
DEC = '-15 56 23.1' / [dms +N J2000] Target declination
OBJCTDEC= '-15 56 23.1' / [dms +N J2000] Target declination
CLRBAND = 'R ' / [J-C std] Std. color band of image or C=Color
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