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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2025 Mar 18 21h03 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter10 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.267 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.411 AU
Right ascension09 41 27.73 h m s
Declination+10 29 57.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P.Ditz
OBS P.Ditz
MEA P.Ditz
TEL 0.54-m f/3.75 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport  CodK97-PDI #0029P obs 2025-03-18 (L_49x30s_bin2) file updated 2025.03.19 12:04:07
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr,pat.ditz@gmx.fr
0029P        KC2025 03 18.87732 09 41 27.73 +10 29 57.9          14.3 V      K97
0029P        KC2025 03 18.88421 09 41 27.60 +10 29 58.4          14.4 V      K97
0029P        KC2025 03 18.89069 09 41 27.47 +10 29 58.9          14.4 V      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT540
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)540 mm
Instrument focale length2025 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.75
Filter(s)L
CameraAtik 460EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size10x12.5 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time1470 s
Exposure details49x30s
Air mass1.3
Observatory MPC codeK97
LocationFreconrupt
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.93 "/pix
Image processingPrism11 & Gimp
Observation submission date2025 Mar 19 13h25m39s
Observation modification date2025 Mar 19 13h29m17s

(Record n° 29600)

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