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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Aug 15 01h14 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)15.8
Aperture radius used for m10.5 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.1
Aperture radius used for m26.0 "
Coma diameter1 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)5
r (dist/Sun) 1.814 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.007 AU
Right ascension01 13 41.35 h m s
Declination-15 22 22 ° ' "
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson T407mm F/D=4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.29
Filter(s)None
CameraSony alpha 7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36x24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240x2832
Sensor temperature15 °C
Binning2x2
MountDosbson sur table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time124 s
Exposure details31*4 s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)6
Seeing4
Air mass2
LocationStation de Valdrome / astrociel
Reference stars catalogNOMAD
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.0 "/pix
Image processingalignement, somme, retrait gradient
Observation submission date2018 Aug 17 18h13m19s

(Record n° 19515)

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