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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Dec 14 00h12 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.804 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.275 AU
Right ascension320.97783 °
Declination-12.87456 °
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/5.2 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.12.14 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2017 12 14.00841 21 23 54.68 -12 52 28.4          15.5 N      W96
0029P         C2017 12 14.03549 21 23 55.58 -12 52 23.8          15.5 N      W96
0029P         C2017 12 14.06121 21 23 56.53 -12 52 19.0          15.5 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2080 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.2
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details20 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.07 "/pix
Image processingPrism V10 and Gimp
Remarks or commentsCollimation no good
Observation submission date2017 Dec 14 05h02m50s
Observation modification date2017 Dec 14 05h34m38s

(Record n° 18617)

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