73P-BT/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 17712)
Orbital period : 5.45 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 May 21 09h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.1 m2 standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius used for m2 4 " Right ascension 01 02 41.95 h m s Declination -02 20 44.1 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.05.21
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073Pbt KC2017 05 21.39574 01 02 41.95 -02 20 44.1 18.1 N W96
0073Pbt KC2017 05 21.40849 01 02 43.85 -02 20 33.7 18.1 N W96
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 ST8300 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 2x2 Mount VMA200 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 50 x 45s Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro d'Atacama Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 May 21 16h35m36s Observation modification date 2017 May 21 18h46m55s