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38P/Stephan-Oterma

Orbital period : 37.70 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Nov 23 07h46 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) 1.596 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.815 AU
Right ascension07 56 19.12 h m s
Declination+25 40 53.2 ° ' "
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 m1 : 0.56'
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.7"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.11.23 14:51:36
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0038P         C2018 11 23.32362 07 56 19.12 +25 40 53.2          13.4 N      W96
0038P         C2018 11 23.32959 07 56 19.74 +25 41 00.7          13.4 N      W96
0038P         C2018 11 23.33706 07 56 20.55 +25 41 10.8          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 details19x1mn
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)
Remarks or commentsFull Moon
Observation submission date2018 Nov 23 14h55m47s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 23 16h24m21s

(Record n° 20062)

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