278P/McNaught (Record n° 21963)
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 deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 7 " r (dist/Sun) 2.333 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.384 AU Right ascension 12 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 configuration Config1 Instrument Newton 355 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 350 mm Instrument focale length 1645 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.7 Filter(s) L Camera Moravian G3 16200 Sensor CCD Sensor size 27.2x21.8 mm2 Sensor pixels number 4700x3600 Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Motorization Yes Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20x3mn Observatory MPC code X03 Location Monte Patria Chili Reference stars catalog Gaia DR2
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.4 "/pix Observation submission date 2020 May 03 13h18m47s Observation modification date 2020 May 03 13h26m20s