73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 17043)
Orbital period : 5.44 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Jan 13 08h18 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.7 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.304 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.617 AU Right ascension 15 55 52.80 h m s Declination -13 29 10.9 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON Thierry Noel [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.01.13 11:58:33
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0073P C2017 01 13.34606 15 55 52.80 -13 29 10.9 15.7 N W96
0073P C2017 01 13.35418 15 55 54.74 -13 29 19.2 15.6 N W96
Instrument RC 400 Marcon customed by A.Maury Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 2160 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.4 Filter(s) None Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -25 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA 200 Autoguide No Exposure details 20x30s Moon phase 0 ° Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Reference stars catalog Gaia DR1
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.56 "/pix Image processing Prism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (gradient, levels, crop) Remarks or comments Full Moon Observation submission date 2017 Jan 13 12h00m41s Observation modification date 2017 Feb 24 23h20m07s