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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Oct 02 00h07 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.003 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.189 AU
Right ascension17 27 28.65 h m s
Declination-29 08 33.0 ° ' "
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 2015.10.02 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 10 02.00504 17 27 28.65 -29 08 33.0          14.5 N      W96
0029P         C2015 10 02.04325 17 27 29.76 -29 08 32.7          14.6 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 details20 x 150s
Moon elongation157 °
Air mass1.26
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Oct 02 04h52m12s
Observation modification date2015 Oct 02 05h00m50s

(Record n° 14550)

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