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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Nov 13 00h06 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.991 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.725 AU
Right ascension17 55 26.09 h m s
Declination-28 32 18.3 ° ' "
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 2015.11.13 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 11 13.00403 17 55 26.09 -28 32 18.3          14.6 N      W96
0029P         C2015 11 13.01696 17 55 26.67 -28 32 17.6          14.6 N      W96
0029P         C2015 11 13.03456 17 55 27.51 -28 32 17.1          14.8 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 details10 x 120s
Moon elongation27 °
Air mass2.56
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Nov 13 02h41m42s
Observation modification date2015 Nov 13 02h43m13s

(Record n° 14746)

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