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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Mar 16 08h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.955 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.328 AU
Right ascension19 38 13.65 h m s
Declination-25 53 56.3 ° ' "
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 2016.03.15 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 03 16.37012 19 38 13.65 -25 53 56.3          15.0 N      W96
0029P         C2016 03 16.38737 19 38 14.26 -25 53 54.8          15.0 N      W96
0029P         C2016 03 16.40602 19 38 14.90 -25 53 53.2          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
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details26 x 120s
Moon elongation159 °
Air mass1.56
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Mar 16 11h07m54s
Observation modification date2016 Mar 16 11h09m03s

(Record n° 15323)

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