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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 2011 May 19 21h42 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.5
Aperture radius for m28 "
Coma diameter1.43 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.256 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.938 AU
Right ascension160.52125 °
Declination+1.64961 °
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 2011.05.19
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P         C2011 05 19.90399 10 42 05.10 +01 38 58.6          14.5 N      C10
0029P         C2011 05 19.91652 10 42 05.19 +01 38 58.4          14.5 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 time720 s
Exposure details6 X 120s
Seeing4
Moon elongation109 °
Air mass2.05
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)USNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.04 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 APE DDP FC pour la vignette
Observation submission date2011 May 20 09h29m42s
Observation modification date2011 May 20 09h32m48s

(Record n° 3532)

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