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17P/Holmes

Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Sep 28 01h22 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.469 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.426 AU
Right ascension17 37 12.11 h m s
Declination-35 25 13.6 ° ' "
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 2013.09.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0017P        KC2013 09 28.05679 17 37 12.11 -35 25 13.6          16.4 N      W96
0017P        KC2013 09 28.07211 17 37 13.45 -35 25 06.6          16.5 N      W96
0017P        KC2013 09 28.08724 17 37 14.78 -35 25 00.0          16.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details33 x 60s
Moon elongation154 °
Air mass1.50
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Sep 28 12h05m55s
Observation modification date2013 Sep 28 14h16m59s

(Record n° 10190)

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