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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2011 Jan 30 02h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.1
Aperture radius used for m28 "
Coma diameter5 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.247 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.463 AU
Right ascension11 12 59.44 h m s
Declination-01 01 32.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS JF. Soulier
MEA JF. Soulier
TEL 0.255-m f/3.6 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.01.29 and 30
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P         C2011 01 30.10437 11 12 59.44 -01 01 32.0          16.1 N      C10
0029P         C2011 01 30.12591 11 12 59.05 -01 01 31.5          16.1 N      C10
0029P         C2011 01 30.14839 11 12 58.64 -01 01 30.1          16.1 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)254 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.54
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountPERL-VIXEN
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time3200 s
Exposure details30 X 120s
Seeing4
Moon elongation94 °
Air mass1.54
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUSNOB1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.06 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV7 APE
Observation submission date2011 Jan 31 21h15m29s
Observation modification date2011 Jan 31 22h30m28s

(Record n° 1849)

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