81P/Wild
Discovered by Paul Wild (Astronomical Institute of Berne, Switzerland) on January, 8 1978.
The latest IAU telegrams or the latest CBET's. IAUC Astronomical Headlines.
Minor
planet center's orbital elements and Ephemeris,
the comet on
Seiichi Yoshida's Homepage,
Gary Kronk's Cometography
Light
curves on Cometas Obs,
JPL Small body
database,
Star Dust Project of
the NASA, Flyby of
the Stardust probe in 2004 - images and animations
81P/Wild (C) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-04-06 B/W
10 x 10 min. exposure,
2010-04-06 UT 01:15, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
10.56 mag (60" x 60"), coma: 8', tail: 23' in PA 289�
81P/Wild (C) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-03-24 B/W
12 x 10 min. exposure,
2010-03-24 UT 02:31, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
10.95 mag (60" x 60"), coma: 4', tail: 17' in PA 288�
81P/Wild (C) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-03-12 B/W
11 x 3 min. exposure,
2010-03-12 UT 02:24, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
10.83 mag (60" x 60"), coma: 3'40", tail: 23' in PA 288�
81P/Wild (C) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-03-09 B/W
20 x 3 min. exposure,
2010-03-09 UT 02:51, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
12.84 mag (10" x 10"), coma: 4', tail: 23' in PA 288�
In 2010 together with comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring), 81P/Wild is a project comet of the German Comet Group of the VdS.
81P/Wild (C) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-12-12 B/W
30 x 2 min. exposure,
2009-12-12 UT 10:10, 10" Newton
f-3.4 + CCD ST10XME remotely at H06, New Mexico
13.38 mag, coma: 2'31", tail: 12'40" in PA 295�