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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 2025 Dec 31 06h09 UT by Nicolas Delaunoy


(Copyright Nicolas Delaunoy)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.4
Aperture radius for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.306 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.000 AU
Right ascension173.59675 °
Declination-3.30539 °
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 time1160 s
Exposure details290x4s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)3.5
Seeing3
Moon phase44 °
Moon elongation121 °
LocationYerres, 91330, France
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresTycho tracker (master darks avec Siril)
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.33 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Jan 02 18h26m33s

(Record n° 30784)

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