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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Jun 02 09h39 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.430 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.829 AU
Right ascension01 30 56.17 h m s
Declination+00 08 37.4 ° ' "
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 m2 : 6.1"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.06.02 13:51:44
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0073P        KC2017 06 02.40175 01 30 56.17 +00 08 37.4          17.4 N      W96
0073P        KC2017 06 02.40792 01 30 56.96 +00 08 41.6          17.6 N      W96
0073P        KC2017 06 02.41327 01 30 57.70 +00 08 45.0          17.5 N      W96
InstrumentRC 400 Marcon customed by A.Maury
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 (grad, levels, crop)
Observation submission date2017 Jun 02 13h54m00s
Observation modification date2017 Jun 02 13h58m33s

(Record n° 17776)

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