Home

C/2015 F2 (Polonia)

Orbital period : 245.20 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Apr 03 08h40 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.262 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.832 AU
Right ascension19 29 08.31 h m s
Declination-45 34 56.3 ° ' "
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 2015.04.03
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK15F020 KC2015 04 03.36126 19 29 08.31 -45 34 56.3          16.9 N      W96
    CK15F020 KC2015 04 03.37025 19 29 10.96 -45 34 34.2          16.8 N      W96
    CK15F020 KC2015 04 03.37949 19 29 13.62 -45 34 12.7          16.7 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-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details80 x 15s
Moon elongation105 °
Air mass1.28
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Apr 03 11h49m41s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 03 11h50m12s

(Record n° 13600)

Home