46P/Wirtanen 2018-Nov-08 Charles Bell

46P/Wirtanen
2018-Nov-08 18:13:24 UTC
Imaged remotely with iTelescope T12 Telescope Siding Spring Q62
Exposure 600 seconds
Telescope Aperture = 106 mm
Focal Length = 530 mm (f/5.0)
Imager: FLI; Detector Size 4008 by 2672 pixels
9.0µ by 9.0µ pixel size
Broadband optical filter (Luminance)
Observer Charles Bell
Focal Length = 530.0mm, Rotation = -4.03°
Pixel Size: 3.50" x 3.50", Field of View: 234.0' x 156.0'
Magnitude 11.2 +/- 0.17 aperture radius 43.8 arc sec G Band Gaia2
Magnitude 10.0 +/- 0.17 aperture radius 106.8 arc sec G Band Gaia2
Coma diameter 16 arc min
Fits image ArcSinh stretched with Fits Liberator and oriented with North up, East left
No modifications,

Ephemeris data:
t - T = -34.38523 days
True Anomaly = 322.2872 deg (or -37.7128)
Delta = 0.232 AU
r = 1.151 AU
El/min P.A. 029.9 deg
PsAng = 16.1 deg PA of sun-comet extended radius vector (JPL Horizons)
PsAMV = 264.7 deg = PA of negative velocity vector -v (JPL Horizons)
PlAng = + 30.8 deg Angle between observer and comet orbital plane
Constellation: Fornax (For)