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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Aug 28 00h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.7
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m23.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.013 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.653 AU
Right ascension17 16 24.56 h m s
Declination-29 51 46.4 ° ' "
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 2015.08.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 08 28.03675 17 16 24.56 -29 51 46.4          17.5 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 08 28.13055 17 16 25.22 -29 51 37.6          17.9 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
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details54 x 120s
Moon elongation50 °
Air mass1.05
Observatory MPC codeW96
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Aug 28 08h53m28s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 28 09h18m59s

(Record n° 14340)

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