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C/2015 C2 (SWAN)

Perihelion distance : 0.71 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 95 °
Orbital period : 6368 years
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 26 00h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m210.3 "
Coma diameter1.30 '
Tail length0.11 °
r (dist/Sun)0.724 AU
d (dist/Earth)1.325 AU
Right ascension10.74913 °
Declination-18.18894 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.02.19 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK15C020  C2015 02 26.00106 00 42 59.79 -18 11 20.2          13.4 R      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 26.00356 00 43 00.09 -18 11 05.4          13.2 R      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 26.00634 00 43 00.44 -18 10 49.2          13.3 R      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 26.00911 00 43 00.74 -18 10 33.2          13.3 R      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 26.01189 00 43 01.10 -18 10 16.9          13.3 R      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 26.01467 00 43 01.48 -18 10 00.8          13.3 R      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 26.01717 00 43 01.77 -18 09 46.3          13.3 R      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
AutoguideNo
Exposure details59 x 20s
Air mass3.05
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 28 02h56m58s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 15 23h17m43s

(Record n° 13466)

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