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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Apr 23 08h36 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.944 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.730 AU
Right ascension19 53 52.84 h m s
Declination-25 19 02.1 ° ' "
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 2016.04.23 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 04 23.35823 19 53 52.84 -25 19 02.1          17.0 N      W96
0029P         C2016 04 23.38617 19 53 53.19 -25 19 01.2          16.9 N      W96
0029P         C2016 04 23.41488 19 53 53.53 -25 19 00.3          16.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI583
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details25 x 120s
Moon elongation70 °
Air mass1.09
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Apr 23 12h11m25s
Observation modification date2016 Apr 23 12h18m21s

(Record n° 15465)

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