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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Oct 21 20h09 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
Coma diameter2.2 '
r (dist/Sun) 5.770 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.022 AU
Right ascension22 46 23.86 h m s
Declination-00 41 28.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P. Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.20-m f/7.45 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport 29P 2018/10/21
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2018 10 21.83933 22 46 23.86 -00 41 28.1          16.0 N      K97
0029P         C2018 10 21.85050 22 46 23.71 -00 41 29.2          16.2 N      K97
0029P         C2018 10 21.86168 22 46 23.59 -00 41 30.2          16.2 N      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT200 F/D 7.45
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1490 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.45
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time1710 s
Exposure details19x90s
Moon phase15 °
Moon elongation15.5 °
Air mass1.5
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
URL for more information or pictureshttp://astro-patditz.monsite-orange.fr/
Remarks or commentsTrès grande proximité de la Lune
Observation submission date2018 Oct 22 12h10m19s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 31 14h49m52s

(Record n° 19925)

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