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38P/Stephan-Oterma

Orbital period : 37.70 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 26 00h29 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
Coma diameter2.9 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.686 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.773 AU
Right ascension08 33 31.69 h m s
Declination+38 37 09.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P. Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.20-m f/7.45 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport 38P 2018/12/26
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0038P         C2018 12 26.02015 08 33 31.69 +38 37 09.1          13.9 N      K97
0038P         C2018 12 26.02373 08 33 31.76 +38 37 14.0          13.9 N      K97
0038P         C2018 12 26.03328 08 33 31.96 +38 37 27.1          14.0 N      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT200 F/D 7.45
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1490 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.45
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time2610 s
Exposure details29x90s
Moon phase27 °
Moon elongation25 °
Air mass1.0
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
URL for more information or pictureshttp://astro-patditz.monsite-orange.fr/
Observation submission date2018 Dec 26 13h48m23s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 31 14h45m14s

(Record n° 20243)

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