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284P/McNaught

Orbital period : 7.05 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 29 02h10 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.323 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.557 AU
Right ascension23 27 58.38 h m s
Declination-16 14 08.7 ° ' "
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 2014.10.29 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0284P         C2014 10 29.09042 23 27 58.38 -16 14 08.7          16.5 N      W96
0284P         C2014 10 29.11766 23 27 58.68 -16 14 06.7          16.5 N      W96
0284P         C2014 10 29.14340 23 27 58.95 -16 14 05.1          16.4 N      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 details30 x 120s
Moon elongation69 °
Air mass1.01
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 29 05h26m01s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 29 05h26m59s

(Record n° 12836)

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