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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Oct 27 18h35 UT by Luc Arnold

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.5
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.25 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.893 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.063 AU
Right ascension19 25 08.19 h m s
Declination-24 11 27.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K25
CON L. Arnold, OHP 04870 Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France [luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr]
OBS L. Arnold
MEA L. Arnold
TEL 0.20-m f/5.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
COM CCD SBIG ST10XME, filter Sloan r' Gen-1 Astrodon for 29P and 338P
COM filter clear CLR Astrodon for P/2016 R4
COM Photometry aperture radius 6.25 arcsec (5 pixels, 1.25 arcsec/pix)
COM Images at URL http://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/Welcome.html
COM UCAC-4  29P with 2 decimal places 
COM S/N about 20 for 29P in each stack:
COM KC2016 10 27.77421 19 25 08.19 -24 11 27.4         13.45N    K25
COM KC2016 10 27.78638 19 25 08.58 -24 11 26.0       13.51N    K25
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.10.27 22:33:49
AC2 luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2016 10 27.77421 19 25 08.19 -24 11 27.4          13.5 N      K25
0029P        KC2016 10 27.78638 19 25 08.58 -24 11 26.0          13.5 N      K25
InstrumentT205mm f/5.5 Newton
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1100 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.5
Filter(s)r'
CameraSBIG ST10XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
Observatory MPC codeK25
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/29P_SchwassmannWachmann.html
Observation submission date2016 Oct 28 01h26m23s

(Record n° 16410)

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