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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 10 05h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.3
Aperture radius used for m10.13 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter0.5 '
Afrho63149 cm
Afrho error1291 cm
r (dist/Sun) 6.045 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.243 AU
Right ascension17 53 58.69 h m s
Declination-31 44 27.2 ° ' "
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 2015.05.10 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 05 10.20941 17 53 58.69 -31 44 27.2          13.8 N      W96
0029P         C2015 05 10.25905 17 53 57.74 -31 44 29.9          14.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)I Bessel
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning4x4
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details29 x 60s
Moon elongation37 °
Air mass1.08
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.38 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 10 08h45m48s
Observation modification date2015 May 10 09h10m36s

(Record n° 13830)

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