Contents.
planet: 6 - Saturn
satellites: S3-Tethys: 5,
S4-Dione: 9,
S5-Rhea: 9,
S6-Titan: 10,
S8-Iapetus: 8
total number: 41
type: absolute
dates: 1982-1982
observatory: 136 - Engelhardt Observatory, Kasan
Reference.
Kitkin V.N. (1986)
Determination of positions of some celestial bodies
from photographic observations.
Kazanskaia Gorodskaia Astronomicheskaia Observatoriia
Trudy. No. 50. P. 142-147.
1993TrKaz__50__142K
Informations.
relative to: absolute
reference frame: astrometric
centre of frame: topocentre
epoch of equinox: B1950
time scale: UTC
reduction: no information
coordinates: absolute
diff. refraction: no information
receptor: photographic
telescope: Astrograph, D = 16 inch, F = 3.8 m
observers: Kitkin V. N., Mussin N. K.
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
evaluation: The differences O-C(alpha)e, O-C(delta)e were
calculated by N.Emelianov with the theory by
Harper & Taylor. The 4 positions with gross
errors were excluded.
With these O-C one have
alpha delta
M. (mean) -0.855" -0.448"
R.M.S. (root mean square) 1.099" 0.592"
Format.
1. Year of the moment of observation
2. Month of the moment of observation
3. Day of the moment of observation with decimals
4. Number of satellite (N sat)
5. Hour of right ascension (alpha, h)
6. Minute of right ascension (alpha, m)
7. Second of right ascension (alpha, s)
8. Degree of declination (delta, deg)
9. Minute of declination (delta, ' )
10. Second of declination (delta, '' )
11. O-C(alpha)e for alpha, arcsec
12. O-C(delta)e for delta, arcsec
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Year UT N alpha delta O-C(alpha)e O-C(delta)e
month day sat
with decimals h m s deg ' '' arcsec
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