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15P/Finlay

Perihelion distance : 1 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 7 °
Orbital period : 6.58 years
Eccentricity : 0.72

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 18 01h40 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)12.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m210.2 "
Coma diameter2 '
Tail length0.09 °
r (dist/Sun) 0.985 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.467 AU
Right ascension310.57875 °
Declination-20.17433 °
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 2014.12.18 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0015P         C2014 12 18.06967 20 42 18.90 -20 10 27.6          12.5 N      W96
0015P         C2014 12 18.07218 20 42 19.48 -20 10 23.4          12.6 N      W96
0015P         C2014 12 18.07496 20 42 20.26 -20 10 18.4          12.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details5 x 20s
Moon elongation93 °
Air mass9.21
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.02 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Dec 18 16h41m25s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 18 16h42m25s

(Record n° 13082)

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