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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Aug 03 22h57 UT by Luc Arnold


(Copyright Luc Arnold)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.25 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.916 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.962 AU
Right ascension19 25 07.63 h m s
Declination-25 47 44.4 ° ' "
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
COM Filter  Sloan r' Gen-1 Astrodon for 29P
COM photometry aperture radius 6.25 arcsec (5 pixels)
COM images at URL http://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/Welcome.html
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.08.03 23:33:12
AC2 luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2016 08 03.95633 19 25 07.63 -25 47 44.4          15.4 N      K25
0029P        KC2016 08 03.96416 19 25 07.35 -25 47 44.5          15.4 N      K25
0029P        KC2016 08 03.97208 19 25 07.21 -25 47 45.0          15.3 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
Exposure details13x120s
Observatory MPC codeK25
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.25 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/29P_SchwassmannWachmann.html
Remarks or commentsThe West ‘jet’ is 8-arcsec long is visible in PA=262° (maybe detached blob from nucleus)
Observation submission date2016 Aug 04 12h25m42s
Observation modification date2016 Aug 04 12h34m29s

(Record n° 15774)

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