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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Aug 22 23h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.015 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.565 AU
Right ascension17 15 59.04 h m s
Declination-29 59 30.5 ° ' "
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 2015.08.23 06:45:18
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 08 22.99876 17 15 59.04 -29 59 30.5          17.4 N      W96
0029P         C2015 08 23.03567 17 15 59.09 -29 59 26.9          17.2 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 details8 x 180s
Moon elongation22 °
Air mass1.00
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Aug 23 08h59m41s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 23 09h00m16s

(Record n° 14317)

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