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62P/Tsuchinshan

Orbital period : 6.16 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Jan 05 05h59 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.4
Aperture radius used for m13.5 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.4
Aperture radius used for m26 "
Coma diameter6 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)3
r (dist/Sun)1.272 AU
d (dist/Earth)0.515 AU
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407mm F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.29
Filter(s)None
CameraSONY alpha7S
SensorDC
Sensor size36*24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240*2832
Sensor temperature6 °C
Binning2x2
MountDobson
MotorizationNo
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time19.5 s
Exposure details78x1/4s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)4
Seeing2
Moon phase135 °
Moon elongation50 °
Air mass1.4
LocationVersailles
Reference stars catalogAPASS
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingbinning,flat,alignement,somme,retrait gradient
Remarks or commentsciel de ville, fond de ciel limitant la taille de la coma à 6'
Observation submission date2024 Jan 05 18h17m10s
Observation modification date2024 Feb 06 18h47m52s

(Record n° 28044)

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