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C/2015 C2 (SWAN)

Orbital period : 6368.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 28 00h19 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m210.3 "
r (dist/Sun)0.717 AU
d (dist/Earth)1.346 AU
Right ascension00 46 53.52 h m s
Declination-14 58 41.6 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.02.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK15C020  C2015 02 28.01343 00 46 53.52 -14 58 41.6          13.5 N      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 28.01705 00 46 53.88 -14 58 20.9          13.7 N      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 28.02010 00 46 54.22 -14 58 03.5          13.5 N      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 28.02287 00 46 54.57 -14 57 47.5          13.6 N      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 28.02565 00 46 54.82 -14 57 33.5          13.6 N      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 28.02843 00 46 55.25 -14 57 17.8          13.6 N      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-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideNo
Exposure details30 x 20s
Moon elongation89 °
Air mass4.18
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 28 03h03m17s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 15 23h24m52s

(Record n° 13468)

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