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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Sep 17 23h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.2
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m24.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.903 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.445 AU
Right ascension19 14 47.49 h m s
Declination-25 14 21.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury,  J. B. Vanssay, J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.09.17 and 18
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 09 17.99478 19 14 47.49 -25 14 21.9          17.3 N      W96
0029P         C2016 09 18.15439 19 14 47.68 -25 14 09.8          17.0 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
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 60s
Moon elongation85 °
Air mass1
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro D'Atacama Chli
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Sep 18 09h05m35s
Observation modification date2016 Sep 18 09h14m35s

(Record n° 16062)

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