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38P/Stephan-Oterma

Orbital period : 37.70 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Nov 16 08h19 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.4
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.590 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.846 AU
Right ascension07 43 11.94 h m s
Declination+23 14 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 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.7"
COM Aperture radius for m1 : 0.56'
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.11.16 14:06:56
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0038P         C2018 11 16.34675 07 43 11.94 +23 14 28.3          13.4 N      W96
0038P         C2018 11 16.35198 07 43 12.50 +23 14 34.9          13.4 N      W96
0038P         C2018 11 16.35722 07 43 13.10 +23 14 41.4          13.4 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
CameraAPOGEE
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details15x1mn
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 Nov 16 14h12m17s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 17 12h16m11s

(Record n° 19997)

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