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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Apr 21 08h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m23.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.148 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.284 AU
Right ascension15 51 32.87 h m s
Declination-30 58 37.6 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.04.21 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 04 21.34718 15 51 32.87 -30 58 37.6          17.2 N      W96
0029P         C2014 04 21.36899 15 51 32.32 -30 58 37.5          17.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details14 x 120s
Moon elongation48 °
Air mass1.11
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Apr 21 17h27m03s
Observation modification date2014 Apr 21 18h21m55s

(Record n° 11650)

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