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21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Orbital period : 6.54 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Sep 11 03h01 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.6
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
Coma diameter8.7 '
Tail position angle (PA)274 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.013 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.392 AU
Right ascension05 53 06.14 h m s
Declination+31 45 16.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P. Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.20-m f/7.45 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport 21P 2018/09/11
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0021P         C2018 09 11.12539 05 53 06.14 +31 45 16.4          11.6 N      K97
0021P         C2018 09 11.12754 05 53 06.66 +31 45 03.1          11.6 N      K97
0021P         C2018 09 11.13113 05 53 07.54 +31 44 40.8          11.6 N      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT200 F/D 7.45
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1490 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.45
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time465 s
Exposure details31x15s
Air mass1.3
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
Observation submission date2018 Sep 11 12h51m09s
Observation modification date2018 Sep 11 12h54m28s

(Record n° 19669)

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