C/2015 G2 (MASTER) (Record n° 13778)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Apr 26 08h19 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.1 Aperture radius used for m2 8.1 " r (dist/Sun) 0.944 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.857 AU Right ascension 23 00 31.41 h m s Declination -24 24 54.9 ° ' " 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 2015.04.26
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK15G020 C2015 04 26.34681 23 00 31.41 -24 24 54.9 12.1 N W96
CK15G020 C2015 04 26.35766 23 00 35.55 -24 25 24.1 12.1 N W96
CK15G020 C2015 04 26.36291 23 00 37.55 -24 25 38.5 12.1 N W96
CK15G020 C2015 04 26.37376 23 00 41.62 -24 26 07.7 12.0 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 3x3 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 40 x 20s Moon elongation 145 ° Air mass 2.14 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.02 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Apr 26 11h41m46s Observation modification date 2015 Apr 26 11h42m18s