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38P/Stephan-Oterma

Orbital period : 37.70 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Sep 21 08h49 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.713 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.306 AU
Right ascension05 32 15.51 h m s
Declination+10 20 28.3 ° ' "
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 m2 : 0.54' 6.4"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.09.21 15:18:21
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0038P         C2018 09 21.36763 05 32 15.51 +10 20 28.3          14.0 N      W96
0038P         C2018 09 21.37585 05 32 16.66 +10 20 33.1          14.1 N      W96
0038P         C2018 09 21.38406 05 32 17.85 +10 20 37.9          14.1 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details23x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2018 Sep 21 15h26m12s
Observation modification date2018 Oct 01 09h10m55s

(Record n° 19766)

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