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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Apr 24 05h14 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.6
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m22.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.050 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.437 AU
Right ascension17 57 29.10 h m s
Declination-31 34 39.4 ° ' "
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 2015.04.24
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 04 24.21799 17 57 29.10 -31 34 39.4          17.8 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 24.24296 17 57 28.91 -31 34 40.0          17.5 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 24.26886 17 57 28.69 -31 34 41.1          17.8 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 24.33871 17 57 28.17 -31 34 44.0          17.4 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 24.38728 17 57 27.73 -31 34 46.2          17.5 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 24.41376 17 57 27.47 -31 34 47.8          17.8 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 details30 x 120s
Moon elongation161 °
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 24 12h12m41s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 24 12h13m27s

(Record n° 13764)

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