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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Feb 16 06h48 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.4
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.309 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.416 AU
Right ascension11 25 48.70 h m s
Declination-03 31 17.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON P.Ditz
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport CodW96-PDI #OO29P obs2026-02-16 (L_49x60s_bin3) file updated 2026.02.16 08:34:56
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KB2026 02 16.28363 11 25 48.70 -03 31 17.9          13.4 V      W96
0029P        KB2026 02 16.29640 11 25 48.40 -03 31 17.0          13.4 V      W96
0029P        KB2026 02 16.30807 11 25 48.13 -03 31 16.1          13.4 V      W96
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentPlaneWave CDK17
Instrument typeCassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)430 mm
Instrument focale length2924 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.8
Filter(s)L
CameraQHY 268M
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountAstelco NTM500
Exposure total time2940 s
Exposure details49x60s
Air mass1.1
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSpaceObs Chili
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.79 "/pix
Image processingPrism11 & Gimp
Remarks or commentsTrès faible seeing
Observation submission date2026 Feb 16 19h05m49s
Observation modification date2026 Feb 16 19h09m14s

(Record n° 30958)

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