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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 May 23 01h05 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m29.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.618 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.152 AU
Right ascension28.72813 °
Declination+60.97647 °
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3.8 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.23
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK15C020  C2015 05 23.04545 01 54 54.75 +60 58 35.3          15.3 N      C10
    CK15C020  C2015 05 23.05983 01 54 55.54 +60 59 08.9          15.3 N      C10
    CK15C020  C2015 05 23.07488 01 54 56.40 +60 59 45.5          15.2 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1140 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.8
FilterNone
CameraST8 XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a
AutoguideYes
Exposure details40 x 50s
Moon elongation79 °
Air mass2.17
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.62 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 23 04h16m03s
Observation modification date2015 May 23 04h35m42s

(Record n° 13913)

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