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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

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 deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.493 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.848 AU
Right ascension01 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
InstrumentRC 400 Marcon customed by A.Maury
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)Clear
CameraSTF8300
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details24x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogGaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.53 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (grad, levels, crop)
Remarks or comments73P-BT very faint/diffuse
Observation submission date2017 Jun 09 15h00m15s
Observation modification date2017 Jun 09 23h33m13s

(Record n° 17816)

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