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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Apr 23 20h51 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.314 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.573 AU
Right ascension11 00 59.55 h m s
Declination-01 17 38.7 ° ' "
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 obs2026-04-23 (L_55x60s_bin2) file updated 2026.04.24 09:04:18
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr,pat.ditz@gmx.fr
0029P        KC2026 04 23.86847 11 00 59.55 -01 17 38.7          15.0 V      K97
0029P        KC2026 04 23.88390 11 00 59.37 -01 17 37.3          15.0 V      K97
0029P        KC2026 04 23.89819 11 00 59.19 -01 17 35.8          15.0 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 time3300 s
Exposure details55x60
Moon phase95 °
Moon elongation48 °
Air mass1.58
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 24 10h41m16s
Observation modification date2026 Apr 24 10h43m42s

(Record n° 31395)

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