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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Jan 12 07h41 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.171 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.705 AU
Right ascension15 36 29.54 h m s
Declination-28 07 55.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F Soulier
MEA J.-F Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.01.12 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 01 12.32004 15 36 29.54 -28 07 55.5          17.4 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 01 12.34705 15 36 30.61 -28 08 00.3          17.5 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 01 12.36601 15 36 31.33 -28 08 03.7          17.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY 9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details40 x 120s
Moon elongation164 °
Air mass2.79
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Jan 12 10h39m24s
Observation modification date2014 Jan 12 10h41m23s

(Record n° 10970)

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