Home

46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Sep 08 01h34 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)14.8
Aperture radius used for m10.7 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.5
Aperture radius used for m26 "
Coma diameter1.3 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)4
r (dist/Sun) 1.608 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.699 AU
Right ascension01 38 43.5 h m s
Declination-19 49 06 ° ' "
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407mm F/4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.29
Filter(s)None
CameraSony alpha 7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36x24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240x2832
Sensor temperature5 °C
Binning2x2
MountDobson sur table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time62.5 s
Exposure details25*2.5s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)6
Seeing2
Moon phase170 °
Air mass2.6
LocationBoulonville (28)
Reference stars catalogGaia DR1
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingalignement, somme, retrait gradient
Remarks or commentsSoupçon de halo/coma vert de 1.5'
Observation submission date2018 Sep 10 10h48m49s

(Record n° 19667)

Home