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C/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital period : 14110.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Nov 28 06h23 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.2
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.236 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.255 AU
Right ascension04 37 28.63 h m s
Declination+16 55 58.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.11.28 11:10:04
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14W020  C2014 11 28.26604 04 37 28.63 +16 55 58.1          17.5 N      W96
    CK14W020  C2014 11 28.27923 04 37 27.82 +16 56 02.7          17.2 N      W96
    CK14W020  C2014 11 28.29024 04 37 27.16 +16 56 04.8          17.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.04 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, add), Iris (levels, crop)
Remarks or commentsAldebaran at 0.5° !!
Observation submission date2014 Nov 28 11h12m53s
Observation modification date2014 Nov 28 13h36m56s

(Record n° 13006)

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