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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2019 Jan 03 00h16 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)6.4
Aperture radius used for m19.0 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.3
Aperture radius used for m26.0 "
Coma diameter19 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)4
r (dist/Sun) 1.093 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.132 AU
Right ascension07 25 33.6 h m s
Declination+58 27 39 ° ' "
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407mm 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 number4240*2832
Sensor temperature0 °C
Binning2x2
MountDobson sur table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time107.5 s
Exposure details23x2.5s+7x4s+11x2s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)6
Seeing4
Air mass1
LocationBoulonville (28)
Reference stars catalogTycho-2
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingbinning, division par flats sur nuages, alignement (étoiles par séquence de 1min et réalignement sur noyau cométaire pour les 4 séquences), retrait gradient, balance des couleurs
Observation submission date2019 Jan 07 13h46m15s

(Record n° 20340)

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