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C/2015 F4 (Jacques)

Orbital period : 1280.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 05 08h04 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.5
Aperture radius used for m25.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.081 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.644 AU
Right ascension20 40 46.12 h m s
Declination-36 17 42.2 ° ' "
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 2015.05.05 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK15F040  C2015 05 05.33581 20 40 46.12 -36 17 42.2          15.5 N      W96
    CK15F040  C2015 05 05.35759 20 40 47.39 -36 17 17.7          15.5 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
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 60s
Moon elongation68 °
Air mass1.19
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 05 11h01m47s
Observation modification date2015 May 05 11h02m31s

(Record n° 13803)

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