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IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 04 09h31 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.14
Aperture radius used for m11.36 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Afrho290 cm
Afrho error11 cm
r (dist/Sun) 0.868 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.609 AU
Right ascension00 19 05.74 h m s
Declination-31 31 28.0 ° ' "
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 2015.05.04 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK15G020  C2015 05 04.39638 00 19 05.74 -31 31 28.0          12.1 N      W96
    CK15G020  C2015 05 04.40270 00 19 11.25 -31 31 49.7          12.1 N      W96
    CK15G020  C2015 05 04.40595 00 19 14.07 -31 32 00.5          12.2 N      W96
    CK15G020  C2015 05 04.41243 00 19 19.77 -31 32 22.4          12.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)I Bessel
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning4x4
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideNo
Exposure details30 x 10s
Moon elongation121 °
Air mass2.02
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.36 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 04 12h16m05s
Observation modification date2015 May 04 14h37m57s

(Record n° 13801)

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