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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 2012 Apr 16 22h49 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.5
Aperture radius for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.259 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.308 AU
Right ascension183.53125 °
Declination-11.837 °
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 2012.04.16
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P         C2012 04 16.95087 12 14 07.50 -11 50 13.2          16.5 N      C10
0029P         C2012 04 16.96162 12 14 07.28 -11 50 11.6          16.5 N      C10
0029P         C2012 04 16.97234 12 14 06.98 -11 50 09.9          16.5 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
Seeing4
Moon elongation151 °
Air mass2.04
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)USNO-B1.0
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Apr 17 13h17m48s
Observation modification date2012 Apr 17 17h35m46s

(Record n° 6462)

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