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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Aug 29 23h17 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12
Aperture radius used for m10.53 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.823 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.858 AU
Right ascension21 14 27.57 h m s
Declination-14 25 27.8 ° ' "
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 2017.08.29 and 30
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2017 08 29.97004 21 14 27.57 -14 25 27.8          12.8 N      W96
0029P         C2017 08 29.99482 21 14 26.90 -14 25 30.0          12.8 N      W96
0029P         C2017 08 30.02012 21 14 26.25 -14 25 31.4          12.8 N      W96
0029P         C2017 08 30.04549 21 14 25.57 -14 25 33.2          12.8 N      W96
0029P         C2017 08 30.07100 21 14 24.93 -14 25 35.4          12.8 N      W96
0029P         C2017 08 30.10010 21 14 24.20 -14 25 37.0          12.9 N      W96
0029P         C2017 08 30.11100 21 14 23.84 -14 25 38.5          12.0 T      W96
0029P         C2017 08 30.12560 21 14 23.50 -14 25 38.6          12.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details5 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.59 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Aug 30 05h37m01s
Observation modification date2017 Aug 30 11h09m22s

(Record n° 18142)

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