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C/2015 C2 (SWAN)

Orbital period : 6368.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 27 00h05 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m210.3 "
r (dist/Sun)0.720 AU
d (dist/Earth)1.335 AU
Right ascension00 44 59.44 h m s
Declination-16 34 42.9 ° ' "
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 2015.02.27 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK15C020  C2015 02 27.00332 00 44 59.44 -16 34 42.9          13.7 R      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 27.00998 00 45 00.23 -16 34 04.6          13.7 R      W96
    CK15C020  C2015 02 27.02259 00 45 01.87 -16 32 53.0          13.8 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-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideNo
Exposure details14 x 20s
Moon elongation78 °
Air mass3.45
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 28 03h00m31s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 15 23h24m00s

(Record n° 13467)

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