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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2022 Dec 07 00h49 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)14.4
Aperture radius used for m10.7 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Afrho62 cm
Afrho error5 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.668 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.686 AU
Right ascension22 08 51.04 h m s
Declination-22 30 21.6 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON Jean-Louis Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.35-m f/4.7 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2022.12.07 14:09:57
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
NET Gaia DR2
0073P         C2022 12 07.03432 22 08 51.04 -22 30 21.6          16.3 G      X03
0073P         C2022 12 07.04102 22 08 52.23 -22 30 13.4          16.2 G      X03
0073P         C2022 12 07.04859 22 08 53.49 -22 30 04.4          16.2 G      X03
0073P         C2022 12 07.05612 22 08 54.76 -22 29 55.4          16.6 G      X03
0073P         C2022 12 07.06366 22 08 56.08 -22 29 45.9          16.2 G      X03
0073P         C2022 12 07.07122 22 08 57.39 -22 29 36.8          16.3 G      X03
0073P         C2022 12 07.08247 22 08 59.25 -22 29 23.4          14.4 T      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)350 mm
Instrument focale length1645 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.7
Filter(s)L
CameraMoravian G3 KAF 16200
SensorCCD
Sensor size27x21.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number4500x3600
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Exposure details28x1mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia DR2
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Remarks or commentsm1 et AfRho mesurées avec FoCAs
Observation submission date2022 Dec 07 14h47m04s
Observation modification date2022 Dec 07 14h50m56s

(Record n° 26467)

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