C/2015 A1 (PANSTARRS) (Record n° 13586)
Orbital period : 91.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Apr 01 00h03 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.4 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 2.008 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.936 AU Right ascension 04 26 08.68 h m s Declination -62 46 55.5 ° ' " 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 2015.04.01
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK15A010 KC2015 04 01.00185 04 26 08.68 -62 46 55.5 18.4 N W96
CK15A010 KC2015 04 01.01563 04 26 07.38 -62 46 34.6 18.4 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 -20 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 60s Moon elongation 95 ° Air mass 1.65 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Apr 01 03h09m00s Observation modification date 2015 Apr 01 03h09m34s