29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 28227)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2024 Feb 17 22h34 UT by Patrick Ditz
(Copyright Patrick Ditz)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.1 m2 standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 6.179 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.281 AU Right ascension 08 12 26.85 h m s Declination +21 26 34.4 ° ' " MPC report COD K97
CON P.Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P.Ditz
MEA P.Ditz
TEL 0.54-m f/3.75 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2024.02.18 10:57:43
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET PPMXL
0029P C2024 02 17.94028 08 12 26.85 +21 26 34.4 16.2 V K97
0029P C2024 02 17.94617 08 12 26.69 +21 26 35.3 16.1 V K97
0029P C2024 02 17.95781 08 12 26.40 +21 26 35.3 16.1 V K97
0029P C2024 02 17.96065 08 12 26.33 +21 26 35.3 16.1 V K97
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument T540 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 540 mm Instrument focale length 2025 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.75 Filter(s) L Camera Atik 460EX Sensor CCD Sensor size 10x12.5 mm2 Sensor pixels number 2749x2199 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount VMA300 Exposure total time 1530 s Exposure details 51x30s Moon phase 65 ° Moon elongation 46 ° Air mass 1.1 Observatory MPC code K97 Location Freconrupt Reference stars catalog PPMXL
Used softwares Astrometrica Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.92 "/pix Image processing Prism Gimp Remarks or comments Forte illumination de la Lune Observation submission date 2024 Feb 18 20h48m50s Observation modification date 2024 Feb 18 21h11m48s