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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 28 08h13 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun)6.065 AU
d (dist/Earth)6.295 AU
Right ascension17 45 37.17 h m s
Declination-30 47 16.9 ° ' "
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 2015.02.28 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 02 28.34239 17 45 37.17 -30 47 16.9          14.9 N      W96
0029P         C2015 02 28.38344 17 45 38.44 -30 47 19.2          14.8 N      W96
0029P         C2015 02 28.40244 17 45 39.03 -30 47 20.2          14.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details11 x 120s
Moon elongation162 °
Air mass1.20
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 28 11h17m56s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 15 23h25m36s

(Record n° 13469)

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