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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Apr 20 20h40 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.313 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.540 AU
Right ascension11 01 37.28 h m s
Declination-01 22 42.2 ° ' "
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 obs2026-04-20 (L_24x60s_bin2) file updated 2026.04.21 10:22:11
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.f,pat.ditz@gmx.fr
0029P        KC2026 04 20.86096 11 01 37.28 -01 22 42.2          13.7 V      K97
0029P        KC2026 04 20.87502 11 01 36.97 -01 22 39.5          13.8 V      K97
0029P        KC2026 04 20.88894 11 01 36.66 -01 22 37.0          13.8 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 time1380 s
Exposure details23x60s
Moon phase150 °
Moon elongation90 °
Air mass1.6
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 date2026 Apr 21 18h32m49s
Observation modification date2026 Apr 24 10h47m06s

(Record n° 31365)

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