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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 2024 Dec 23 03h21 UT by Nicolas Delaunoy


(Copyright Nicolas Delaunoy)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.8
Aperture radius for m25.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.251 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.709 AU
Right ascension153.1085 °
Declination+8.87561 °
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentUNISTELLAR eQuinox2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)115 mm
Instrument focale length450 mm
FilterNone
CameraIMX347
SensorCMOS
Sensor size7.1x5.3 mm2
Sensor pixels number2088x1536
Binning1x1
MountALT-AZ
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time1312 s
Exposure details328x4s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)3.5
Seeing3
Moon phase92 °
Moon elongation33 °
Observatory MPC codeXXX
LocationYerres, 91330, France
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresTycho tracker (master darks avec Siril)
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.32 "/pix
Observation submission date2024 Dec 23 22h41m11s

(Record n° 29263)

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