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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Perihelion distance : 1.21 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 6.43 years
Eccentricity : 0.65

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2021 Oct 14 02h26 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10.2
Aperture radius for m12.0 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)13.1
Aperture radius for m26 "
Coma diameter3.8 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)5
Tail length0.22 °
Tail position angle (PA)269 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.234 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.452 AU
Right ascension89.63208 °
Declination+24.23778 °
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407mm F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
FilterNone
CameraSony alpha 7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36*24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240*2832
Sensor temperature6 °C
Binning2x2
MountDobson sur table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time181 s
Picture exposure details4+15*3.2+38*2.5+17*2.0s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5.5
Seeing2
Moon phase90 °
Moon elongation180 °
Air mass1.2
LocationBoulonville
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingbinning,flat,alignement,alignement sur comète, retrait gradient
Remarks or commentsPhotométrie sur les 17 dernière poses (2h26.3 UT) totalisant 34s. Couche verte: coma de 4.8' de mv=10.0
Observation submission date2021 Oct 15 19h00m13s

(Record n° 24180)

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