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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Aug 30 01h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.5
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.908 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.205 AU
Right ascension19 16 24.94 h m s
Declination-25 34 12.1 ° ' "
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/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.08.30 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 08 30.08005 19 16 24.94 -25 34 12.1          15.5 N      W96
0029P         C2016 08 30.10593 19 16 24.62 -25 34 10.7          15.5 N      W96
0029P         C2016 08 30.13939 19 16 24.19 -25 34 08.7          15.4 N      W96
0029P         C2016 08 30.16304 19 16 23.90 -25 34 07.4          15.5 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details5 x 60s
Moon elongation158 °
Air mass1.04
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro D'Atacama Chli
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Aug 30 09h15m00s
Observation modification date2016 Aug 30 09h38m29s

(Record n° 15923)

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