Home

21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Perihelion distance : 1.01 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 32 °
Orbital period : 6.52 years
Eccentricity : 0.71

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Nov 23 07h02 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.430 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.807 AU
Right ascension109.02654 °
Declination-37.30808 °
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 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m1 : 0.56'
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.7"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.11.23 14:51:36
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0021P         C2018 11 23.29337 07 16 06.37 -37 18 29.1          15.4 N      W96
0021P         C2018 11 23.30756 07 16 05.48 -37 18 42.5          15.4 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
CameraAPOGEE
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details31x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Remarks or commentsFull Moon
Observation submission date2018 Nov 23 14h55m47s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 23 16h23m45s

(Record n° 20061)

Home