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C/2015 J1 (PANSTARRS)


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IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 16 01h22 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)20
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun)6.405 AU
d (dist/Earth)5.468 AU
Right ascension13 58 42.14 h m s
Declination-31 37 52.1 ° ' "
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 2015.05.16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK15J010 KC2015 05 16.05715 13 58 42.14 -31 37 52.1          20.1 R      W96
    CK15J010 KC2015 05 16.08474 13 58 41.19 -31 37 35.8          19.9 R      W96
    CK15J010 KC2015 05 16.11351 13 58 40.16 -31 37 17.8          20.0 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
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details60 x 120s
Moon elongation156 °
Air mass1.11
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 19 09h08m15s
Observation modification date2015 Jun 24 07h59m28s

(Record n° 13883)

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