Gallery: 46P/Wirtanen
Image taken by Charles Bell
Fig 1:
| Image Parameter | Details |
| Image Date (UTC): | 2018-11-11 |
| Image Time (UTC): | 15:09-15:14 |
| Exposure: | 120s ea |
| Filter: | RGB |
| Field of View: | |
| Observing Site: | iTelescope T12 Telescope Siding Spring Q62 |
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| Comments: |
Comet 46P/Wirtanen 2018-Nov-11 15:12:11 UTC Q62 iTelescope Observatory, Siding Spring T12 RGB Color Composite 120 secs exposure per filter Telescope: 106mm Takahashi FSQ ED APO Refractor Astrograph CCD: FLI Microline 11002 ABG Pixel Size: 3.50"/pix 2018-Nov-11 15:09:44 UTC Red Filter Exposure 120 secs R mag 11.36 +/- 0.14 (UCAC4) Aperture radius = 33.2 arcsec Afrho R = 42 cm rho = 5225 km mSun = -27.12 Coma 3.7 arcmin×3.0 arcmin extended PA 010 to 015 deg 2018-Nov-11 15:12:14 UTC Green or V Filter Exposure 120 secs V mag 11.64 +/- 0.14 (UCAC4) Aperture radius = 33.2 arcsec Afrho V = 45 cm rho = 5225 km mSun = -26.78 Coma 10.8 arcmin×10.7 arcmin extended PA 010 to 015 deg 2018-Nov-11 15:14:38 UTC Blue Filter Exposure 120 secs B mag 12.40 +/- 0.15 (UCAC4) Aperture radius = 33.2 arcsec Afrho B = 40 cm rho = 5225 km mSun = -26.14 Coma 11.4 arcmin×11.2 arcmin extended PA 010 to 015 deg Ephemeris data: Sky Motion 0.56"/min P.A. 019.9 deg Altitude = 58.9 deg Airmass = 1.167 t - T = -31.30621 days Delta = 0.217 AU r = 1.136 AU Elongation = 128.0 deg Phase = 43.4 deg PsAng = 18.9 deg PsAMV = 265.6 deg PlAng = +30.6 deg Constellation: Fornax True Anomaly = 325.2 deg MPC m1 = 11.5 JPL Tmag = 12.43 |
Table 1: Data about image.