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38P/Stephan-Oterma

Orbital period : 37.70 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Sep 07 09h24 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.784 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.471 AU
Right ascension04 58 25.04 h m s
Declination+08 12 41.7 ° ' "
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 m1 m2 : 0.56' 6.7"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.09.07 14:11:41
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0038P         C2018 09 07.39153 04 58 25.04 +08 12 41.7          14.6 N      W96
0038P         C2018 09 07.39377 04 58 25.37 +08 12 42.8          14.5 N      W96
0038P         C2018 09 07.39676 04 58 25.76 +08 12 44.4          14.6 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details14x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogGaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2018 Sep 07 14h17m19s
Observation modification date2018 Sep 14 21h41m00s

(Record n° 19630)

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