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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Nov 15 23h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.990 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.744 AU
Right ascension17 57 50.68 h m s
Declination-28 29 47.6 ° ' "
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 2015.11.15 and 16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 11 15.99514 17 57 50.68 -28 29 47.6          14.3 N      W96
0029P         C2015 11 16.03401 17 57 52.67 -28 29 45.9          14.5 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
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details15 x 120s
Moon elongation15 °
Air mass2.50
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Nov 16 02h16m42s
Observation modification date2015 Nov 16 02h18m02s

(Record n° 14761)

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