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37P/Forbes

Orbital period : 6.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Sep 16 17h48 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.637 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.817 AU
Right ascension15 33 31.19 h m s
Declination-24 57 35.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD M49
CON P. Ditz
OBS D. Husar, M. Junius, L. Demetz, A. Karacali, P. Ditz, R. Hellot, T. Daiber, T. Steinbach
MEA D. Husar, P. Ditz
TEL 0.30-m f/4 reflector + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport CODM49-PDI #0037P obs2024-09-16 (L_15x60s_bin2) file updated 2024.09.17 16:42:27
NET ATLAS2
AC2 M49-Team@gmx.de,obs-remote@ias-observatory.org,patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
0037P        KB2024 09 16.74170 15 33 31.19 -24 57 35.1          15.3 V      M49
0037P        KB2024 09 16.74526 15 33 31.79 -24 57 36.0          15.2 V      M49
0037P        KB2024 09 16.74881 15 33 32.41 -24 57 37.0          15.2 V      M49
InstrumentLacerta 12"
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)L
CameraQHY 268M
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning2x2
MountASA DDM 85XLA
Exposure total time900 s
Exposure details15x60s
Moon phase5 °
Moon elongation97 °
Air mass1.3
Observatory MPC codeM49
LocationIAS Hakos Namibie
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.3 "/pix
Image processingPrism11 & GIMP
Remarks or commentsObservation & Measurement by NEO-Team from IAS (Internationale Amateur Sternwarte) Namibia
Observation submission date2024 Sep 17 18h21m16s
Observation modification date2024 Sep 17 18h25m28s

(Record n° 28846)

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