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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 07 22h12 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)6.1
Aperture radius used for m19.0 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.7
Aperture radius used for m26.0 "
Coma diameter18 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)4
r (dist/Sun) 1.058 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.096 AU
Right ascension03 00 55.8 h m s
Declination-06 21 20 ° ' "
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407 F/D 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
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time66 s
Exposure details33x2s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)6
Seeing3
Moon phase180 °
Air mass2
LocationBoulonville (limite 28/78)
Reference stars catalogNOMAD
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.0 "/pix
Image processingAlignement global, alignement sur noyau somme, retrait gradient
Remarks or commentsPhotométrie sur la première série de 17 poses de 2s (étoiles moins bougées)
Observation submission date2018 Dec 09 16h12m24s

(Record n° 20138)

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