MPC Reporting Tool

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HEADER DETAILS
OBS CODE
CONTACT NAME
CONTACT ADDRESS
CONTACT EMAIL
OBSERVER(S)
MEASURER(S)
TELESCOPE
COMMENT
BATCH
NET
BND
AC2

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OBSERVATION DETAILS
DESIGNATION
PROVISIONAL
DISCOVERY FLAG
OBJECT TYPE	Minor Planet Comet Natural Satellite Temporary
ORBIT TYPE	C P D X A (Used only if object type is a comet.)
NOTE 1	None Earlier Approximate Position Inferior Sense of Motion Ambiguous Bright Sky/Black or Dark Plate Bad Seeing Correction to Earlier Position (Do Not use on newly-submitted observations.) Crowded Star Field Declination Uncertain Diffuse Image At or Near Edge of Plate Faint Image Involved with Emulsion or Plate Flaw Poor Guiding No Guiding Hand Measurement of CCD Image Involved with Star Inkdot Measured J2000.0 Re-reduction of Previously-Reported Position Stacked Image Stare-Mode Observation by Scanning System Measurement Difficult Image Tracked on Object Motion Near Edge of Plate, Measurement Uncertain Image Out of Focus Plate Measured in One Direction Only Position Uncertain Poor Image Right Ascension Uncertain Poor Distribution of Reference Stars Poor Sky Streaked Image Time Uncertain Trailed Image Uncertain Image Unconfirmed Image Very Faint Image Weak Image Weak Solution
NOTE 2	None Photographic (Default if Column is Blank) Encoder CCD Meridian or Transit Circle Micrometer Roving Observer Observation Radar Observation Satellite Observation Corrected-without-Republication CCD Observation Occultation-Derived Observations Offset Observations (Used Only for Observations of Natural Satellites) Hipparcos Geocentric Observations Normal Place Mini-Normal Place Derived from Averaging Observations from Video Frames
OBSERVATION DATE
RA
DEC
MAG
BAND

 

 

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