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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Sep 28 00h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.004 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.129 AU
Right ascension17 25 33.07 h m s
Declination-29 12 38.4 ° ' "
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 2015.09.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 09 28.00154 17 25 33.07 -29 12 38.4          13.1 N      W96
0029P         C2015 09 28.02092 17 25 33.62 -29 12 37.3          13.1 N      W96
0029P         C2015 09 28.04646 17 25 34.27 -29 12 35.5          13.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 180s
Moon elongation101 °
Air mass1.19
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Sep 28 04h37m31s
Observation modification date2015 Sep 28 04h39m25s

(Record n° 14519)

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