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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Mar 12 08h34 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.956 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.385 AU
Right ascension19 35 48.15 h m s
Declination-25 59 14.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.03.12
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 03 12.35665 19 35 48.15 -25 59 14.3          17.4 N      W96
0029P         C2016 03 12.37677 19 35 48.91 -25 59 12.9          17.4 N      W96
0029P         C2016 03 12.40153 19 35 49.82 -25 59 10.7          17.3 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
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 120s
Moon elongation106 °
Air mass1.85
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Mar 12 11h07m08s
Observation modification date2016 Mar 12 17h18m47s

(Record n° 15282)

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