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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Mar 21 23h38 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.260 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.288 AU
Right ascension12 25 10.83 h m s
Declination-12 53 45.0 ° ' "
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 2012.03.21 and 22
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P         C2012 03 21.98488 12 25 10.83 -12 53 45.0          16.4 N      C10
0029P         C2012 03 21.99584 12 25 10.52 -12 53 43.4          16.3 N      C10
0029P         C2012 03 22.00687 12 25 10.29 -12 53 42.4          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
Seeing4
Moon elongation163 °
Air mass2.12
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 LOG FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Mar 22 08h59m03s
Observation modification date2012 Mar 22 11h33m51s

(Record n° 6262)

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