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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 2023 Jan 20 17h57 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.063 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.152 AU
Right ascension96.70038 °
Declination+29.2905 °
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK L27 2023.01.21 08:09:48
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2023 01 20.74776 06 26 48.09 +29 17 25.8          15.9 R      L27
0029P        KC2023 01 20.78709 06 26 46.95 +29 17 24.5          15.8 R      L27
0029P        KC2023 01 20.82208 06 26 45.97 +29 17 23.4          15.8 R      L27
0029P        KC2023 01 20.88939 06 26 44.08 +29 17 20.0          15.7 R      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details20 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresAstrometrica
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.49 "/pix
Remarks or commentsNew small outburst
Observation submission date2023 Jan 21 08h11m44s
Observation modification date2023 Jan 21 08h20m41s

(Record n° 26635)

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