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62P/Tsuchinshan

Orbital period : 6.16 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Sep 22 08h57 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.515 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.698 AU
Right ascension07 55 55.32 h m s
Declination+19 22 59.0 ° ' "
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 : 0.8'
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.4"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.09.22 12:25:12
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0062P         C2017 09 22.37293 07 55 55.32 +19 22 59.0          16.8 N      W96
0062P         C2017 09 22.38153 07 55 57.02 +19 22 56.2          16.9 N      W96
0062P         C2017 09 22.39012 07 55 58.65 +19 22 55.5          17.0 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI 532ws-M1
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details23x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogGaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.59 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (gradient, levels, ddp, crop)
Remarks or commentsMount speeds set to follow comet
Observation submission date2017 Sep 22 13h26m58s
Observation modification date2017 Sep 23 10h19m05s

(Record n° 18272)

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