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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Apr 13 05h11 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.7
m2 standard deviation0.4
Aperture radius used for m22.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.053 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.595 AU
Right ascension17 58 03.77 h m s
Declination-31 25 52.9 ° ' "
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 2015.04.13 06:20:23
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 04 13.21580 17 58 03.77 -31 25 52.9          16.3 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 13.25423 17 58 03.73 -31 25 55.8          17.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details15 x 120s
Moon elongation39 °
Air mass1.89
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Apr 13 08h36m50s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 13 08h37m27s

(Record n° 13654)

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