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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Mar 14 08h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m23.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.062 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.072 AU
Right ascension17 51 58.57 h m s
Declination-30 59 42.8 ° ' "
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 2015.03.14 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 03 14.37180 17 51 58.57 -30 59 42.8          17.5 N      W96
0029P         C2015 03 14.38784 17 51 58.93 -30 59 44.4          17.4 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 details30 x 120s
Moon elongation13 °
Air mass1.16
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Mar 14 11h29m33s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 14 11h30m00s

(Record n° 13529)

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