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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Dec 12 05h26 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16
Aperture radius used for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.239 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.855 AU
Right ascension13 50 09.86 h m s
Declination-20 05 02.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.12.12
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0029P         C2012 12 12.22642 13 50 09.86 -20 05 02.3          16.0 N      C10
0029P         C2012 12 12.24068 13 50 10.34 -20 05 06.0          16.0 N      C10
0029P         C2012 12 12.25557 13 50 10.88 -20 05 09.7          16.0 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60
AutoguideYes
Exposure details18 X 120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation33 °
Air mass4.73
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-3
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 LOG FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Dec 12 08h51m19s
Observation modification date2012 Dec 14 14h23m59s

(Record n° 8170)

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