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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Mar 16 01h56 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.3
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.260 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.308 AU
Right ascension12 27 44.07 h m s
Declination-13 04 58.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.300-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.03.16
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P         C2012 03 16.08032 12 27 44.07 -13 04 58.3          16.3 N      C10
0029P         C2012 03 16.09116 12 27 43.79 -13 04 57.1          16.3 N      C10
0029P         C2012 03 16.10509 12 27 43.43 -13 04 55.4          16.3 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time1440 s
Exposure details12 x 120s
Seeing2
Moon elongation87 °
Air mass2.11
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8, DDP, GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Mar 16 05h56m12s
Observation modification date2012 Mar 18 17h28m24s

(Record n° 5987)

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