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17P/Holmes

Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Aug 19 00h39 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.5
Aperture radius used for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.630 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.104 AU
Right ascension16 55 38.99 h m s
Declination-40 48 37.8 ° ' "
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 2013.08.19
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0017P        KC2013 08 19.02703 16 55 38.99 -40 48 37.8          16.5 N      W96
0017P        KC2013 08 19.07084 16 55 40.20 -40 48 13.8          16.5 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 details30 X 120s
Moon elongation46 °
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Aug 19 05h42m23s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 19 05h44m14s

(Record n° 9924)

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