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C/2015 F2 (Polonia)

Orbital period : 245.20 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Mar 28 09h00 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.312 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.904 AU
Right ascension18 57 51.92 h m s
Declination-49 09 53.5 ° ' "
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 2015.03.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK15F020 KC2015 03 28.37514 18 57 51.92 -49 09 53.5          17.4 N      W96
    CK15F020 KC2015 03 28.38717 18 57 55.75 -49 09 31.1          17.3 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-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details80 x 20s
Moon elongation147 °
Air mass1.26
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Mar 28 11h17m20s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 28 11h17m52s

(Record n° 13564)

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