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C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS)


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IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Jan 03 04h16 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.6
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m24.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 7.291 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.991 AU
Right ascension10 08 02.06 h m s
Declination-37 26 13.3 ° ' "
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 20160103 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK16A010 KC2016 01 03.17787 10 08 02.06 -37 26 13.3          18.5 R      W96
    CK16A010 KC2016 01 03.20749 10 08 01.10 -37 26 13.6          18.8 R      W96
    CK16A010 KC2016 01 03.23363 10 08 00.22 -37 26 14.1          18.6 R      W96
    CK16A010 KC2016 01 03.25815 10 07 59.36 -37 26 14.5          18.8 R      W96
    CK16A010 KC2016 01 03.28976 10 07 58.30 -37 26 14.9          18.4 R      W96
    CK16A010 KC2016 01 03.31630 10 07 57.39 -37 26 15.6          18.5 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 elongation55 °
Air mass1.57
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Jan 07 08h54m19s
Observation modification date2016 Jan 07 08h56m14s

(Record n° 15021)

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