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46P/Wirtanen

Perihelion distance : 1.06 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 12 °
Orbital period : 5.44 years
Eccentricity : 0.66

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Sep 08 01h34 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)14.8
Aperture radius for m10.7 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)16.5
Aperture radius for m26 "
Coma diameter1.3 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)4
r (dist/Sun) 1.608 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.699 AU
Right ascension24.68125 °
Declination-19.81833 °
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407mm F/4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
FilterNone
CameraSony alpha 7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36x24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240x2832
Sensor temperature5 °C
Binning2x2
MountDobson sur table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time62.5 s
Exposure details25*2.5s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)6
Seeing2
Moon phase170 °
Air mass2.6
LocationBoulonville (28)
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia DR1
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingalignement, somme, retrait gradient
Remarks or commentsSoupçon de halo/coma vert de 1.5'
Observation submission date2018 Sep 10 10h48m49s

(Record n° 19667)

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