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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2010 Mar 09 22h10 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.1
Aperture radius for m26 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.198 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.312 AU
Right ascension140.83192 °
Declination+13.08969 °
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)254 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9X4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765X510
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountPERL-VIXEN
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time600 s
Exposure details5X120s
Seeing4
Moon elongation145 °
Air mass1.23
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)USNOB1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.54 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV6 APE
Observation submission date2010 May 07 15h58m01s
Observation modification date2010 May 09 14h57m05s

(Record n° 231)

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