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Table 4

Pluto’s final positions corrected for chromatic refraction and for photocenter offset caused by Charon.

Date of observation Pluto’s final positions Pos. errors Mag. Filter Photocenter correction Tel. Seeing
RA Declination σ α σ δ αcosδ δ
JD (UTC) h m s °

2 449 937.41142361 15 54 32.5896 –06 31 10.005 0.027 0.039 14.196 C –0.061 0.052 P 0.760
2 449 937.41465278 15 54 32.5899 –06 31 10.041 0.029 0.040 14.120 C –0.033 0.137 P 0.979
2 456 509.67702687 18 39 30.6746 –19 57 58.238 0.025 0.030 14.809 I –0.096 0.092 P 1.259
2 456 509.67740647 18 39 30.6733 –19 57 58.200 0.025 0.030 14.778 I –0.095 0.074 P 1.059

Notes. The final right ascensions and declinations of Pluto are corrected for differential chromatic refraction and photocenter offset. To retrieve the positions of Pluto/Charon mixed in the images, corrected by differential chromatic refraction, subtract the furnished photocenter offsets from the listed final positions. The total position errors of the (α,δ)s are computed with Eq. (8) (see text). Apparent magnitudes were computed from PSF fits with respect to the UCAC4, with errors of about 0.1 to 0.3 mag. The designation of the filters are V, R, I, and C for clear (no filter). We note that R filters used at the OPD and the 2p2 telescopes are in different systems. The telescopes are identified as Z = Zeiss, B = Boller & Chivens, P = Perkin-Elmer, and M = ESO/WFI (see also telescope details in Sect. 2). Seeing refers to the average full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the seeing disk of the stars on each frame. Here, we sampled a few of the early and last observed positions. The complete data set is available at the CDS.

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