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278P/McNaught

Orbital period : 7.10 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2020 Apr 29 06h16 UT by Pierre Traverse


(Copyright Pierre Traverse)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.3
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m27 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.333 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.384 AU
Right ascension12 46 41.38 h m s
Declination-06 53 13.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON P. Traverse [pierre.traverse@orange.fr]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse
MEA P. Traverse
TEL 0.35-m f/4.7 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2020.05.03 12:18:02
AC2 pierre.traverse@orange.fr
NET Gaia DR2
0278P        KC2020 04 29.26139 12 46 41.38 -06 53 13.3          18.2 G      X03
0278P        KC2020 04 29.27564 12 46 40.81 -06 53 12.6          18.5 G      X03
0278P        KC2020 04 29.29604 12 46 39.97 -06 53 12.1          18.1 G      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentNewton 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)350 mm
Instrument focale length1645 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.7
Filter(s)L
CameraMoravian G3 16200
SensorCCD
Sensor size27.2x21.8 mm2
Sensor pixels number4700x3600
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20x3mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationMonte Patria Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia DR2
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Observation submission date2020 May 03 13h18m47s
Observation modification date2020 May 03 13h26m20s

(Record n° 21963)

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