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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 26 23h26 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.023 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.228 AU
Right ascension17 19 03.84 h m s
Declination-30 44 56.6 ° ' "
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 2015.07.26 and 27
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 07 26.97617 17 19 03.84 -30 44 56.6          13.1 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 27.01302 17 19 03.19 -30 44 52.5          13.1 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 27.05666 17 19 02.43 -30 44 48.3          13.1 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 27.07541 17 19 02.11 -30 44 46.2          13.1 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 27.12041 17 19 01.38 -30 44 41.7          13.2 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 27.17091 17 19 00.47 -30 44 36.2          13.2 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 details5 x 120s
Moon elongation19 °
Air mass1.15
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 27 08h58m19s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 27 08h58m56s

(Record n° 14192)

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