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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Jun 08 03h36 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.3 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.931 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.097 AU
Right ascension19 51 22.58 h m s
Declination-25 24 56.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury,  J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.35-m f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.06.08 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 06 08.15000 19 51 22.58 -25 24 56.3          14.7 N      W96
0029P         C2016 06 08.17829 19 51 22.06 -25 24 58.3          14.4 N      W96
0029P         C2016 06 08.20427 19 51 21.55 -25 24 59.2          14.5 N      W96
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)350 mm
Instrument focale length2380 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.8
Filter(s)None
CameraST-8300
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
AutoguideYes
Exposure details2 x 120s
Moon elongation171 °
Air mass1.56
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.9 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Jun 08 07h19m00s
Observation modification date2016 Jun 09 12h35m29s

(Record n° 15580)

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