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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Apr 12 09h16 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.947 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.907 AU
Right ascension19 50 51.51 h m s
Declination-25 25 41.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.04.12 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 04 12.38578 19 50 51.51 -25 25 41.0          17.2 N      W96
0029P         C2016 04 12.41438 19 50 52.07 -25 25 40.4          17.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI583
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 120s
Moon elongation153 °
Air mass1.09
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Apr 12 12h10m32s
Observation modification date2016 Apr 12 12h26m52s

(Record n° 15434)

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