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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Apr 16 20h24 UT by Nicolas Delaunoy


(Copyright Nicolas Delaunoy)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.3
Aperture radius used for m26.0 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.313 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.500 AU
Right ascension11 02 34.78 h m s
Declination-01 29 57.6 ° ' "
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentUNISTELLAR eQuinox2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)115 mm
Instrument focale length450 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.91
Filter(s)None
CameraIMX347
SensorCMOS
Sensor size7.1x5.3 mm2 mm2
Sensor pixels number2088x1536
Binning1x1
MountALT-AZ
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time1200 s
Exposure details300x4s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)3.5
Seeing3
Moon phase170 °
Moon elongation149 °
LocationYerres, 91330, France
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresTycho tracker V13.02 master darks avec Siril)
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.33 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Apr 17 21h28m57s

(Record n° 31344)

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