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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2019 Apr 20 20h07 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.3
m2 standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.883 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.228 AU
Right ascension10 19 16.50 h m s
Declination+29 49 00.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P. Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.20-m f/7.45 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport 46P 2019/04/20
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2019 04 20.83832 10 19 16.50 +29 49 00.2          18.5 N      K97
0046P         C2019 04 20.84674 10 19 16.89 +29 48 51.6          18.0 N      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT200 F/D 7.45
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1490 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.45
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-14.2 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time3150 s
Exposure details35x90s
Moon phase4 °
Moon elongation82 °
Air mass1.06
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
URL for more information or pictureshttp://astro-patditz.monsite-orange.fr/
Remarks or commentsComète maintenant en limite de détection
Observation submission date2019 Apr 21 14h15m40s
Observation modification date2019 Apr 21 14h18m25s

(Record n° 20680)

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