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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Aug 19 23h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.4
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.911 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.086 AU
Right ascension19 18 59.68 h m s
Declination-25 41 31.1 ° ' "
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/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.08.19 and 20
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 08 19.99659 19 18 59.68 -25 41 31.1          16.1 N      W96
0029P         C2016 08 20.08144 19 18 58.04 -25 41 27.4          16.4 N      W96
0029P         C2016 08 20.11658 19 18 57.37 -25 41 26.2          16.6 N      W96
0029P         C2016 08 20.15126 19 18 56.69 -25 41 24.9          16.5 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details20 x 60s
Moon elongation61 °
Air mass1.13
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro D'Atacama Chli
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Aug 20 06h06m58s
Observation modification date2016 Aug 20 13h17m26s

(Record n° 15850)

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