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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2009 Jan 29 23h04 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.4
Aperture radius used for m27 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.101 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.138 AU
MPC report
COD B83
COM Long.   5 47 51.7 E, Lat. 45 11 05.9 N, Alt. 217m, Google Earth
CON T. Noel, 6 allee des Oursieres, 38610, Gieres, France
CON THIERRY NOEL [thierrynoel1@laposte.net]
OBS T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.20-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD
NET GSC-ACT
ACK Batch 6
0029P         C2009 01 29.95347 07 54 30.77 +23 40 13.0          15.4 N      B83
0029P         C2009 01 30.01458 07 54 28.97 +23 40 13.4          15.4 N      B83
InstrumentNewton
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
Filter(s)None
CameraSBIG ST7-XME
SensorCCD
Exposure total time600 s
Exposure details5x2mn
Observatory MPC codeB83
LocationGieres 38610 France
Reference stars catalogGSC
Used softwaresIris
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.86 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://thierrynoel.free.fr/Astronomie/Cometes/29P-Schwassmann-Wachmann
Observation submission date2010 Feb 10 00h00m00s

(Record n° 25)

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