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C/2015 F2 (Polonia)

Orbital period : 245.20 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 15 08h31 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.8
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.235 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.737 AU
Right ascension21 41 05.50 h m s
Declination-06 16 04.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.15 11:39:39
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK15F020 KC2015 05 15.35463 21 41 05.50 -06 16 04.0          16.8 N      W96
    CK15F020 KC2015 05 15.35985 21 41 06.00 -06 15 45.2          16.8 N      W96
    CK15F020 KC2015 05 15.36508 21 41 06.55 -06 15 26.1          16.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning4x4
Exposure details45x20s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.38 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-offset, add), Iris (levels, crop)
Observation submission date2015 May 15 11h42m01s
Observation modification date2015 May 19 00h00m01s

(Record n° 13861)

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