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21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Orbital period : 6.54 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Sep 09 01h05 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.7
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
Coma diameter5.7 '
Tail position angle (PA)276 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.013 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.392 AU
Right ascension05 44 07.48 h m s
Declination+35 20 13.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P. Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.20-m f/7.45 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport 21P 2018/09/09
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0021P         C2018 09 09.04505 05 44 07.48 +35 20 13.9          11.7 N      K97
0021P         C2018 09 09.04835 05 44 08.36 +35 19 53.9          11.7 N      K97
0021P         C2018 09 09.05238 05 44 09.44 +35 19 29.2          11.7 N      K97
0021P         C2018 09 09.05473 05 44 10.08 +35 19 14.9          11.7 N      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT200 F/D 7.45
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1490 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.45
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time465 s
Exposure details31x15s
Air mass1.7
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
Observation submission date2018 Sep 09 21h28m36s
Observation modification date2018 Sep 09 21h31m38s

(Record n° 19656)

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