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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Jul 30 02h50 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.123 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.735 AU
Right ascension15 19 12.40 h m s
Declination-27 58 44.0 ° ' "
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 2014.07.30 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 07 30.11773 15 19 12.40 -27 58 44.0          17.1 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 07 30.15612 15 19 12.67 -27 58 40.7          17.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details27 x 120s
Moon elongation73 °
Air mass1.44
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Jul 30 06h14m08s
Observation modification date2014 Jul 30 06h37m04s

(Record n° 12199)

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