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15P/Finlay

Orbital period : 6.56 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 19 00h25 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter2.43 '
Tail length0.09 °
r (dist/Sun) 0.983 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.463 AU
Right ascension20 46 34.59 h m s
Declination-19 48 40.0 ° ' "
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 2014.12.19 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0015P         C2014 12 19.01704 20 46 34.59 -19 48 40.0          13.3 N      W96
0015P         C2014 12 19.02496 20 46 36.73 -19 48 28.7          13.3 N      W96
0015P         C2014 12 19.03330 20 46 38.90 -19 48 17.3          13.4 N      W96
0015P         C2014 12 19.04163 20 46 41.19 -19 48 05.4          13.4 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-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details60 x 30s
Moon elongation81 °
Air mass2.62
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Dec 19 09h55m04s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 19 13h40m38s

(Record n° 13085)

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