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C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS)


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IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 21 04h32 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)19.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.1 "
r (dist/Sun)8.532 AU
d (dist/Earth)7.655 AU
Right ascension11 06 27.55 h m s
Declination-15 22 01.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.02.21 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK15D030 KC2015 02 21.18879 11 06 27.55 -15 22 01.5          19.3 R      W96
    CK15D030 KC2015 02 21.20680 11 06 26.93 -15 21 56.0          19.5 R      W96
    CK15D030 KC2015 02 21.22465 11 06 26.33 -15 21 50.0          19.5 R      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details46 x 80s
Air mass1.06
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 28 02h48m07s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 15 23h14m57s

(Record n° 13464)

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