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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Mar 19 23h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.260 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.295 AU
Right ascension12 26 03.44 h m s
Declination-12 57 45.6 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.300-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.03.19 and 20
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P         C2012 03 19.97931 12 26 03.44 -12 57 45.6          16.4 N      C10
0029P         C2012 03 19.99036 12 26 03.14 -12 57 44.3          16.4 N      C10
0029P         C2012 03 20.00119 12 26 02.85 -12 57 42.8          16.3 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1800 s
Exposure details15 X 120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation138 °
Air mass2.17
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Mar 20 09h00m32s
Observation modification date2012 Mar 20 14h04m33s

(Record n° 6250)

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