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41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak

Orbital period : 5.43 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Apr 17 23h54 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.5
Aperture radius used for m12.5 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.6
Aperture radius used for m25 "
Coma diameter5 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)3
r (dist/Sun) 1.047 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.159 AU
Right ascension17 19 17.4 h m s
Declination+53 25 04 ° ' "
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT407 F/D 4.3 Dobson
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.29
Filter(s)None
CameraSony A7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36x24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240x2832
Sensor temperature5 °C
Binning2x2
MountDobson
MotorizationNo
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time28 s
Exposure details1s+29*1/2s+25*1/2s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5
Seeing3
Air mass1
LocationCrespières, yvelines, France
Reference stars catalogTycho-2
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingsomme de 2 séries à 23h54.4 et 24h03.1 recentrées sur la comète
Observation submission date2017 Apr 21 18h59m17s

(Record n° 17561)

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