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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Sep 23 00h35 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.006 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.052 AU
Right ascension17 23 22.42 h m s
Declination-29 17 59.2 ° ' "
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 2015.09.23 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 09 23.02419 17 23 22.42 -29 17 59.2          13.0 N      W96
0029P         C2015 09 23.04357 17 23 22.83 -29 17 57.6          13.0 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-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 180s
Moon elongation29 °
Air mass1.25
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 23 09h22m49s
Observation modification date2015 Sep 23 09h23m36s

(Record n° 14489)

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