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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Sep 12 00h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m22.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.009 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.882 AU
Right ascension17 19 28.73 h m s
Declination-29 31 03.5 ° ' "
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 2015.09.12 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 09 12.00146 17 19 28.73 -29 31 03.5          18.3 N      W96
0029P         C2015 09 12.01007 17 19 28.94 -29 31 02.7          18.1 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 details5 x 180s
Moon elongation106 °
Air mass1.07
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Sep 12 02h51m28s
Observation modification date2015 Sep 12 02h52m05s

(Record n° 14415)

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