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38P/Stephan-Oterma

Orbital period : 37.70 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 21 07h34 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.7
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.667 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.767 AU
Right ascension08 31 04.61 h m s
Declination+36 47 45.9 ° ' "
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
0038P         C2018 12 21.31519 08 31 04.61 +36 47 45.9          13.7 G      W96
0038P         C2018 12 21.32394 08 31 04.87 +36 47 58.7          13.7 G      W96
0038P         C2018 12 21.32836 08 31 05.03 +36 48 05.0          13.7 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 details13x1mn
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, crop)
Observation submission date2018 Dec 21 11h53m24s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 21 12h49m55s

(Record n° 20208)

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