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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Oct 31 00h23 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.995 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.584 AU
Right ascension17 45 30.52 h m s
Declination-28 43 03.3 ° ' "
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 2015.10.31 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 10 31.01565 17 45 30.52 -28 43 03.3          15.0 N      W96
0029P         C2015 10 31.04768 17 45 31.90 -28 43 01.1          15.1 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
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 120s
Moon elongation169 °
Air mass2.12
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro D'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Oct 31 12h11m35s
Observation modification date2015 Oct 31 12h13m59s

(Record n° 14662)

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