73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 17816)
Orbital period : 5.44 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Jun 09 09h43 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.3 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.1 " r (dist/Sun) 1.493 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.848 AU Right ascension 01 45 49.14 h m s Declination +01 24 18.8 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON Thierry Noel [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.1"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.06.09 14:58:37
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0073P KC2017 06 09.40519 01 45 49.14 +01 24 18.8 17.4 N W96
0073P KC2017 06 09.41225 01 45 49.97 +01 24 23.1 17.3 N W96
0073P KC2017 06 09.42066 01 45 50.98 +01 24 28.3 17.3 N W96
Instrument RC 400 Marcon customed by A.Maury Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 2160 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.4 Filter(s) Clear Camera STF8300 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA 200 Autoguide No Exposure details 24x1mn Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Reference stars catalog Gaia DR1
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.53 "/pix Image processing Prism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (grad, levels, crop) Remarks or comments 73P-BT very faint/diffuse Observation submission date 2017 Jun 09 15h00m15s Observation modification date 2017 Jun 09 23h33m13s