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On 2015 Apr 08 08h29 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13
m2 standard deviation4.3
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.158 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.475 AU
Right ascension21 58 56.82 h m s
Declination-15 57 22.5 ° ' "
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 2014.04.08
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK15G020  C2015 04 08.35332 21 58 56.82 -15 57 22.5          13.0 R      W96
    CK15G020  C2015 04 08.36125 21 58 57.76 -15 57 30.6          13.1 R      W96
    CK15G020  C2015 04 08.36958 21 58 58.69 -15 57 39.2          13.0 R      W96
    CK15G020  C2015 04 08.37791 21 58 59.63 -15 57 48.0          13.1 R      W96
    CK15G020  C2015 04 08.38947 21 59 00.99 -15 57 59.8          13.0 R      W96
    CK15G020  C2015 04 08.39780 21 59 01.94 -15 58 08.7          12.9 R      W96
    CK15G020  C2015 04 08.40614 21 59 02.92 -15 58 17.1          13.0 R      W96
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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
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details12 x 30s
Moon elongation85 °
Air mass2.90
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 12 23h27m02s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 12 23h33m36s

(Record n° 13645)

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