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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 16 06h33 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15
m2 standard deviation0.4
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.043 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.184 AU
Right ascension17 51 53.82 h m s
Declination-31 46 48.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.16 14:51:26
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 05 16.27320 17 51 53.82 -31 46 48.3          15.4 N      W96
0029P         C2015 05 16.28487 17 51 53.57 -31 46 47.9          14.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Exposure details9x2mn
Moon phase180 °
Air mass1.01
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2015 May 16 16h53m55s
Observation modification date2015 May 16 17h32m25s

(Record n° 13863)

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