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C/2015 J2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital period : 5099.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 18 02h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)19.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 4.420 AU
d (dist/Earth)3.417 AU
Right ascension16 08 53.22 h m s
Declination-23 28 11.7 ° ' "
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 2015.05.18
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK15J020 KC2015 05 18.08447 16 08 53.22 -23 28 11.7          19.2 R      W96
    CK15J020 KC2015 05 18.11861 16 08 52.25 -23 28 17.0          19.1 R      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-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details34 x 120s
Moon elongation168 °
Air mass1.41
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 19 09h10m52s
Observation modification date2015 Jun 24 07h56m05s

(Record n° 13886)

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