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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Mar 16 23h58 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.5
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m29 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.260 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.308 AU
Right ascension12 27 20.66 h m s
Declination-13 03 21.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD B83
CON Thierry NOEL [thierrynoel1@laposte.net]
OBS T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.20-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.03.17 23:08:44
AC2 thierrynoel1@laposte.net
NET UCAC-3
0029P         C2012 03 16.99888 12 27 20.66 -13 03 21.0          16.4 N      B83
0029P         C2012 03 17.03626 12 27 19.70 -13 03 16.4          16.7 N      B83
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.0
CameraSBIG ST7-XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountAtlas-EQG
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time3600 s
Exposure details30x2mn
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)3
Observatory MPC codeB83
LocationGieres 38610 France
Reference stars catalogUCAC-3
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.85 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add) + Iris (gradient, levels, crop)
Observation submission date2012 Mar 17 23h16m44s
Observation modification date2012 Mar 17 23h49m21s

(Record n° 5998)

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