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31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 8.72 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Apr 02 02h33 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)20.3
Aperture radius used for m24.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 4.000 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.110 AU
Right ascension14 49 20.97 h m s
Declination-10 16 44.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.300-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.04.02
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0031P        KC2012 04 02.10601 14 49 20.97 -10 16 44.3          20.3 N      C10
0031P        KC2012 04 02.12661 14 49 20.66 -10 16 37.4          20.3 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1560 s
Exposure details13 X 120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation94 °
Air mass1.93
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Apr 05 08h51m29s
Observation modification date2012 Apr 05 08h54m54s

(Record n° 6459)

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