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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 21 02h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.024 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.181 AU
Right ascension17 20 52.00 h m s
Declination-30 54 57.0 ° ' "
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 2015.07.21
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 07 21.09352 17 20 52.00 -30 54 57.0          16.4 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 21.11394 17 20 51.55 -30 54 54.7          16.3 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 elongation88 °
Air mass1.01
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jul 21 05h12m44s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 21 05h13m20s

(Record n° 14158)

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