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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 03 21h00 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.2
Aperture radius for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.258 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.426 AU
Right ascension182.15117 °
Declination-11.11781 °
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 2012.05.03
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P        KC2012 05 03.87522 12 08 36.28 -11 07 04.1          15.2 N      C10
0029P        KC2012 05 03.89923 12 08 35.87 -11 07 01.4          15.2 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 time3600 s
Exposure details30 X 120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation06 °
Air mass1.99
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)USNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 May 04 12h02m33s
Observation modification date2012 May 04 21h03m26s

(Record n° 6472)

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