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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Sep 23 18h54 UT by Luc Arnold

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.25 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.902 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.534 AU
Right ascension19 15 10.07 h m s
Declination-25 06 55.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K25
CON L. Arnold, OHP 04870 Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France [luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr]
OBS L. Arnold
MEA L. Arnold
TEL 0.20-m f/5.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
COM CCD SBIG ST10XME, filter Sloan r' Gen-1 Astrodon
COM Photometry aperture radius 6.25 arcsec (5 pixels, 1.25 arcsec/pix)
COM Second mag measurement for 29P used background from PSF in Astrometrica, not from aperture,
COM to minimize the bias from a nearby faint star.
COM Images at URL http://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/Welcome.html
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.09.23 22:12:35
AC2 luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2016 09 23.78771 19 15 10.07 -25 06 55.4          16.9 N      K25
0029P        KC2016 09 23.80113 19 15 10.12 -25 06 53.6          17.0 N      K25
InstrumentT205mm f/5.5 Newton
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1100 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.5
Filter(s)r'
CameraSBIG ST10XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
Observatory MPC codeK25
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/29P_SchwassmannWachmann.html
Observation submission date2016 Sep 24 09h57m02s

(Record n° 16141)

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