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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 2018 Sep 26 21h08 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.0
Aperture radius for m10.33 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)13.1
Aperture radius for m26.0 "
Coma diameter0.63 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)7
r (dist/Sun) 5.772 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.814 AU
Right ascension343.51333 °
Declination-0.11111 °
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407 F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
FilterNone
Camerasony alpha 7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36x24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240x2832
Binning2x2
Mountdobson
MotorizationNo
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time11.1 s
Exposure details45x1/4s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)4.5
Seeing3
Moon phase20 °
Moon elongation40 °
Air mass1.8
LocationVersailles
Reference stars catalog (ast)Tycho-2
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.0 "/pix
Image processingalignement, somme, retrait gradient
Remarks or commentsmagnitude visuelle au T407x72: m1=11.8
Observation submission date2018 Sep 30 22h00m48s
Observation modification date2018 Oct 01 11h00m06s

(Record n° 19814)

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