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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (c)

Orbital period : 5.36 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2011 Apr 20 20h09 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.6
m2 standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius used for m28 "
Right ascension08 44 57.87 h m s
Declination+31 30 56.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.255-m f/3.6 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.04.20
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0073Pc        C2011 04 20.83987 08 44 57.87 +31 30 56.8          17.9 N      C10
0073Pc        C2011 04 20.85020 08 44 58.01 +31 30 53.8          17.3 N      C10
0073Pc        C2011 04 20.86113 08 44 58.18 +31 30 50.8          17.7 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)254 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.6
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountPERL-VIXEN
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1800 s
Exposure details15 X 120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation123 °
Air mass1.09
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.04 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 APE DDP
Observation submission date2011 Apr 21 01h48m21s
Observation modification date2011 Apr 21 15h08m58s

(Record n° 2512)

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