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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 21 02h35 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
Coma diameter2.14 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.042 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.141 AU
Right ascension17 49 59.11 h m s
Declination-31 47 56.2 ° ' "
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 2015.05.21
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 05 21.10786 17 49 59.11 -31 47 56.2          16.0 N      W96
0029P         C2015 05 21.15496 17 49 57.89 -31 47 56.8          16.1 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 elongation164 °
Air mass1.63
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 21 08h58m39s
Observation modification date2015 May 21 18h57m19s

(Record n° 13899)

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