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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 May 01 20h40 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.258 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.409 AU
Right ascension182.28679 °
Declination-11.19839 °
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 2012.05.01
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P         C2012 05 01.86099 12 09 08.83 -11 11 54.2          14.6 N      C10
0029P         C2012 05 01.87613 12 09 08.56 -11 11 51.5          14.6 N      C10
0029P         C2012 05 01.89200 12 09 08.19 -11 11 49.7          14.5 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
FilterIR pro
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time2400 s
Exposure details20 x 120s
Seeing4
Moon elongation24 °
Air mass2.01
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)USNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP GIMP
Observation submission date2012 May 02 00h22m07s
Observation modification date2012 May 02 00h23m27s

(Record n° 6469)

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