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C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

Orbital period : 1604.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 21 07h56 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.285 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.689 AU
Right ascension14 17 37.69 h m s
Declination-24 37 58.2 ° ' "
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 m2 : 6.7"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.12.21 11:50:33
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR2
    CK18Y010  C2018 12 21.33046 14 17 37.69 -24 37 58.2          15.8 G      W96
    CK18Y010  C2018 12 21.34592 14 17 37.54 -24 37 56.3          15.8 G      W96
    CK18Y010  C2018 12 21.36362 14 17 37.47 -24 37 53.6          15.6 G      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 details46x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogGaia DR2
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2018 Dec 21 11h53m24s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 21 12h46m50s

(Record n° 20207)

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