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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2022 Oct 18 23h56 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.3
Aperture radius used for m10.7 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Afrho211 cm
Afrho error8 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.225 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.058 AU
Right ascension18 39 26.19 h m s
Declination-35 59 56.6 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON Jean-Louis Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.35-m f/4.7 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2022.10.19 14:41:40
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
NET Gaia DR2
0073P         C2022 10 18.99738 18 39 26.19 -35 59 56.6          13.5 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 19.00274 18 39 28.11 -35 59 55.4          13.6 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 19.00873 18 39 30.22 -35 59 53.9          13.6 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 19.01477 18 39 32.37 -35 59 52.5          13.8 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 19.02080 18 39 34.56 -35 59 51.2          13.5 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 19.02749 18 39 36.95 -35 59 49.6          12.3 T      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)350 mm
Instrument focale length1645 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.7
Filter(s)L
CameraMoravian G3 KAF 16200
SensorCCD
Sensor size27x21.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number4500x3600
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Exposure details1x45s
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia DR2
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Remarks or commentsm1 et AfRho mesurées avec FoCAs
Observation submission date2022 Oct 19 15h02m17s
Observation modification date2022 Oct 19 15h04m18s

(Record n° 26165)

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