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C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 23 06h23 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)19.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.1 "
r (dist/Sun)8.528 AU
d (dist/Earth)7.638 AU
Right ascension11 05 17.97 h m s
Declination-15 10 30.1 ° ' "
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 2015.02.23
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK15D030 KC2015 02 23.26631 11 05 17.97 -15 10 30.1          19.5 R      W96
    CK15D030 KC2015 02 23.28124 11 05 17.45 -15 10 25.1          19.4 R      W96
    CK15D030 KC2015 02 23.29916 11 05 16.85 -15 10 19.1          19.2 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
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details45 x 80s
Moon elongation134 °
Air mass1.02
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 28 02h49m47s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 15 23h15m52s

(Record n° 13465)

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