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41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak

Orbital period : 5.43 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 May 19 08h19 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.6
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.154 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.246 AU
Right ascension18 31 39.08 h m s
Declination+23 55 27.3 ° ' "
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
COM Aperture radius for m1 : 46" for CK15E61R / 32" for 71P
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.1"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.05.19 15:05:38
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0041P         C2017 05 19.34630 18 31 39.08 +23 55 27.3          14.6 N      W96
0041P         C2017 05 19.35247 18 31 39.04 +23 55 10.5          14.6 N      W96
0041P         C2017 05 19.35943 18 31 39.01 +23 54 51.0          14.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraSTF8300
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details20x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogGaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.53 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, grad, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2017 May 19 15h12m38s
Observation modification date2017 May 19 15h27m35s

(Record n° 17695)

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