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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Aug 21 23h34 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.911 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.106 AU
Right ascension19 18 24.05 h m s
Declination-25 40 16.1 ° ' "
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 2016.08.21 and 22
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 08 21.98187 19 18 24.05 -25 40 16.1          16.7 N      W96
0029P         C2016 08 22.01958 19 18 23.38 -25 40 14.7          16.7 N      W96
0029P         C2016 08 22.06656 19 18 22.53 -25 40 13.2          16.6 N      W96
0029P         C2016 08 22.10127 19 18 21.90 -25 40 11.5          16.7 N      W96
0029P         C2016 08 22.13756 19 18 21.28 -25 40 10.1          16.8 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 details30 x 60s
Moon elongation89 °
Air mass1.16
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 22 05h42m52s
Observation modification date2016 Aug 22 09h03m56s

(Record n° 15857)

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