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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 2022 Feb 04 21h32 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10.5
Aperture radius for m12.4 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)13.7
Aperture radius for m26 "
Coma diameter4.2 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)6
Tail length0.32 °
Tail position angle (PA)280 °
Afrho346 cm
Afrho error6 cm
Afrho URL for more infohttps://lesia.obspm.fr/perso/nicolas-biver/COMETES/afrho-magnitudes.pdf
r (dist/Sun) 1.654 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.683 AU
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407mm F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
FilterNone
CameraSONY alpha7S
SensorDC
Sensor size36*24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240*2832
Sensor temperature1 °C
Binning2x2
Mountdobson sur table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time72.8 s
Picture exposure details38x1.6s+3x4s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5.5
Seeing3
Moon phase180 °
Moon elongation180 °
Air mass2
LocationBoulonville
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingbinning,flat,alignement,somme,retrait gradient - images RAW
Remarks or commentsMagnitude N&B (Afrho=306), Afrho couche R
Observation submission date2022 Feb 13 17h26m55s
Observation modification date2022 Feb 17 14h24m00s

(Record n° 25072)

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