29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 18579)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Nov 30 18h41 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 15.4 Aperture radius used for m1 0.4 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.3 m2 standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius used for m2 6.4 " r (dist/Sun) 5.806 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.075 AU Right ascension 21 16 46.92 h m s Declination -13 30 21.9 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.11.30 21:54:20
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2017 11 30.77873 21 16 46.92 -13 30 21.9 16.3 N A77
0029P KC2017 11 30.79871 21 16 47.50 -13 30 19.1 16.3 N A77
0029P KC2017 11 30.81086 21 16 47.90 -13 30 16.6 15.4 T A77
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Filter(s) L Camera ATIK460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 44x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.8 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Nov 30 21h56m04s Observation modification date 2017 Nov 30 22h04m56s