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P/2015 P4 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital period : 14.87 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Aug 19 05h48 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)19.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.815 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.874 AU
Right ascension23 40 48.57 h m s
Declination-14 04 50.3 ° ' "
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 2015.08.19 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    PK15P040 KC2015 08 19.24132 23 40 48.57 -14 04 50.3          19.8 R      W96
    PK15P040 KC2015 08 19.26156 23 40 48.27 -14 04 57.4          19.7 R      W96
    PK15P040 KC2015 08 19.28809 23 40 47.81 -14 05 07.0          19.6 R      W96
    PK15P040 KC2015 08 19.30725 23 40 47.55 -14 05 14.0          19.6 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
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details18 x 180s
Moon elongation152 °
Air mass1.03
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Aug 19 19h28m29s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 19 19h31m18s

(Record n° 14297)

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