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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Mar 27 19h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.8
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.312 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.356 AU
Right ascension11 09 12.78 h m s
Declination-02 13 01.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.28 04:31:18
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 03 27.82766 11 09 12.78 -02 13 01.7          16.8 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 27.83519 11 09 12.59 -02 13 00.8          16.8 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 27.84271 11 09 12.41 -02 12 59.8          16.8 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 27.85024 11 09 12.23 -02 12 58.7          16.8 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 27.85757 11 09 12.05 -02 12 57.9          16.8 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 27.86651 11 09 11.83 -02 12 56.4          16.7 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
Filter(s)None
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details117 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsBad Seeing
Observation submission date2026 Mar 28 04h52m10s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 28 10h20m12s

(Record n° 31224)

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