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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 May 16 20h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.3
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.257 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.563 AU
Right ascension12 05 57.87 h m s
Declination-10 39 20.4 ° ' "
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 2012.05.16
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0029P         C2012 05 16.86940 12 05 57.87 -10 39 20.4          15.3 N      C10
0029P         C2012 05 16.88367 12 05 57.74 -10 39 18.7          15.3 N      C10
0029P         C2012 05 16.89951 12 05 57.60 -10 39 16.9          15.3 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 time2400 s
Exposure details20 x 120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation172 °
Air mass1.99
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-3
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 May 17 17h24m06s
Observation modification date2012 May 17 17h31m14s

(Record n° 6494)

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