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C/2015 X2 (Catalina)

Orbital period : 62.80 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Dec 04 23h43 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)19.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m29.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.941 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.519 AU
Right ascension11 33 54.24 h m s
Declination+51 16 07.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3.8 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.12.04 and 05 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK15X020 KC2015 12 04.98850 11 33 54.24 +51 16 07.7          19.5 R      C10
    CK15X020 KC2015 12 05.01037 11 34 00.28 +51 16 58.3          19.4 R      C10
    CK15X020 KC2015 12 05.03683 11 34 07.20 +51 17 59.2          19.6 R      C10
    CK15X020 KC2015 12 05.05679 11 34 12.62 +51 18 44.9          19.3 R      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1140 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.8
Filter(s)None
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a Axis Instruments
AutoguideYes
Exposure details120 x 40s
Moon elongation52 °
Air mass2.07
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne (77)
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.62 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Dec 06 10h51m12s
Observation modification date2015 Dec 06 10h56m06s

(Record n° 14827)

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