29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 18127)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Aug 26 21h29 UT by Luc Arnold
(Copyright Luc Arnold)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.3 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.25 " r (dist/Sun) 5.823 AU d (dist/Earth) 4.844 AU Right ascension 21 15 47.09 h m s Declination -14 21 48.9 ° ' " 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
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
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.08.26 22:20:10
AC2 luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2017 08 26.89515 21 15 47.09 -14 21 48.9 14.3 N K25
0029P C2017 08 26.89737 21 15 47.13 -14 21 49.0 14.4 N K25
0029P C2017 08 26.89959 21 15 47.04 -14 21 49.1 14.4 N K25
0029P C2017 08 26.90180 21 15 46.97 -14 21 49.1 14.3 N K25
0029P C2017 08 26.90402 21 15 46.94 -14 21 49.0 14.4 N K25
0029P C2017 08 26.90624 21 15 46.85 -14 21 49.2 14.3 N K25
0029P C2017 08 26.91753 21 15 46.55 -14 21 50.2 14.3 N K25
0029P C2017 08 26.92197 21 15 46.46 -14 21 51.3 14.4 N K25
0029P C2017 08 26.92440 21 15 46.30 -14 21 51.3 14.3 N K25
0029P C2017 08 26.92663 21 15 46.29 -14 21 51.4 14.3 N K25
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument T205 f/D 5.5 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 1100 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.5 Filter(s) r Camera SBIG ST10XME Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 1x1 Exposure details 10x180s Observatory MPC code K25 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.25 "/pix URL for more information or pictures hhttp://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/29P_2017.html Remarks or comments Last outburst reached about mag 14 on 23.8 Aug. (see JF Soulier observations). Fan-shaped coma developped West of the nucleus. Observation submission date 2017 Aug 27 00h45m24s Observation modification date 2017 Aug 27 00h49m12s