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17P/Holmes

Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Aug 12 00h51 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.659 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.056 AU
Right ascension16 52 47.51 h m s
Declination-41 53 25.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.F Soulier
MEA J.F Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.08.12
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0017P        KC2013 08 12.03545 16 52 47.51 -41 53 25.5          16.4 N      W96
0017P        KC2013 08 12.06311 16 52 47.89 -41 53 09.7          16.7 N      W96
0017P        KC2013 08 12.09628 16 52 48.33 -41 52 50.1          16.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details42 X 120s
Moon elongation59 °
Air mass1.07
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Aug 12 21h59m44s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 12 22h04m04s

(Record n° 9893)

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