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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Apr 25 08h44 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.943 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.698 AU
Right ascension19 54 17.29 h m s
Declination-25 18 10.2 ° ' "
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 2016.04.25 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 04 25.36398 19 54 17.29 -25 18 10.2          17.2 N      W96
0029P         C2016 04 25.38489 19 54 17.50 -25 18 09.6          17.3 N      W96
0029P         C2016 04 25.41112 19 54 17.79 -25 18 08.8          17.5 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
Cameraq
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 120s
Moon elongation47 °
Air mass1.06
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Apr 25 12h06m18s
Observation modification date2016 Apr 25 12h13m18s

(Record n° 15468)

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