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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Oct 04 23h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.002 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.219 AU
Right ascension17 29 00.93 h m s
Declination-29 05 38.6 ° ' "
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 2015.10.04 and 05
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 10 04.99630 17 29 00.93 -29 05 38.6          15.6 N      W96
0029P         C2015 10 05.03393 17 29 02.07 -29 05 38.3          15.5 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-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 180s
Moon elongation157 °
Air mass1.25
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Oct 05 09h01m45s
Observation modification date2015 Oct 05 09h02m31s

(Record n° 14555)

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