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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Oct 01 23h39 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.4
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m24.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.900 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.656 AU
Right ascension19 16 23.43 h m s
Declination-24 55 18.4 ° ' "
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 2016.10.01 and 02
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 10 01.98574 19 16 23.43 -24 55 18.4          17.2 N      W96
0029P         C2016 10 02.07579 19 16 24.48 -24 55 10.6          17.5 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
AutoguideYes
Exposure details15 x 60s
Moon elongation88 °
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 Oct 02 05h29m46s
Observation modification date2016 Oct 02 08h43m17s

(Record n° 16217)

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