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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Nov 15 00h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.990 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.744 AU
Right ascension17 57 03.03 h m s
Declination-28 30 37.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.11.15 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 11 15.01409 17 57 03.03 -28 30 37.4          14.1 N      W96
0029P         C2015 11 15.02837 17 57 03.71 -28 30 36.6          14.3 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 60s
Moon elongation10 °
Air mass3.16
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Nov 15 09h37m58s
Observation modification date2015 Nov 15 09h40m42s

(Record n° 14749)

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