P/2015 R2 (PANSTARRS) (Record n° 14430)
Orbital period : 9.51 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Sep 11 02h45 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 20 m2 standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius used for m2 7.2 " r (dist/Sun) 2.195 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.189 AU Right ascension 23 06 29.26 h m s Declination -04 43 17.9 ° ' " 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 2015.09.11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
PK15R020 KC2015 09 11.11456 23 06 29.26 -04 43 17.9 20.3 R W96
PK15R020 KC2015 09 11.14918 23 06 28.30 -04 43 39.7 19.7 R W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 3x3 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 45 x 100s Moon elongation 157 ° Air mass 1.32 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Sep 16 13h46m31s Observation modification date 2015 Sep 16 13h49m35s