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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 May 04 08h29 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)13.59
Aperture radius used for m10.40 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.6
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
Coma diameter0.35 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.145 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.192 AU
Right ascension15 45 51.37 h m s
Declination-30 50 42.3 ° ' "
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 2014.05.04 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 05 04.35326 15 45 51.37 -30 50 42.3          14.6 N      W96
0029P         C2014 05 04.37076 15 45 50.86 -30 50 41.8          14.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)I Bessel
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 X 30s
Moon elongation135 °
Air mass1.18
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 May 04 12h33m35s
Observation modification date2014 May 04 16h59m43s

(Record n° 11738)

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