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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 18 00h23 UT by Patrice Le Guen


(Copyright Patrice Le Guen)

Coma diameter12 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)0
Tail length0 °
Tail position angle (PA)292 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.058 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.078 AU
Right ascension04 14 49.43 h m s
Declination+27 37 36.2 ° ' "
InstrumentCANON 35-55mm
Instrument typeCamera lens
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)8 mm
Instrument focale length48 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.6
Filter(s)None
CameraCANON 450D
SensorDC
Sensor size22.2x14.8 mm2
Sensor pixels number4272x2848
Sensor temperature10 °C
Binning1x1
MountTAKAHASHI EM200
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time390 s
Exposure details13x30s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5
Seeing5
Moon phase38 °
Moon elongation44 °
Air mass2.13
LocationTOULON 83000 FRANCE
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresPRISM
Resulting picture sampling (scale)41 "/pix
Remarks or commentsCrop de Wirtanen proche de l'amas ouvert M45 des Pléïades.
Observation submission date2018 Dec 26 21h18m10s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 26 21h24m24s

(Record n° 20247)

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