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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2011 Apr 20 20h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m28 "
Coma diameter3.3 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.254 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.536 AU
Right ascension10 43 14.71 h m s
Declination+01 20 05.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.255-m f/3.6 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.04.20
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P         C2011 04 20.86955 10 43 14.71 +01 20 05.0          16.3 N      C10
0029P         C2011 04 20.87860 10 43 14.62 +01 20 05.9          16.3 N      C10
0029P         C2011 04 20.89035 10 43 14.48 +01 20 06.8          16.4 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)254 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.6
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountPERL-VIXEN
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1680 s
Exposure details14x120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation87 °
Air mass1.47
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.04 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 APE DDP
Observation submission date2011 Apr 21 01h49m07s
Observation modification date2011 Apr 21 15h10m32s

(Record n° 2513)

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