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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 May 08 21h04 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
Coma diameter7.6 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.314 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.762 AU
Right ascension164.78475 °
Declination-0.9795 °
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 obs2026-05-08 (L_26x60s_bin2) file updated 2026.05.09 09:51:46
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr,pat.ditz@gmx.fr
0029P        KC2026 05 08.87787 10 59 08.34 -00 58 46.2          16.2 V      K97
0029P        KC2026 05 08.88878 10 59 08.30 -00 58 45.5          16.2 V      K97
0029P        KC2026 05 08.89781 10 59 08.26 -00 58 45.1          16.2 V      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT540
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)540 mm
Instrument focale length2025 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.75
FilterL
CameraAtik 460EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size10x12.5 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time1500 s
Exposure details25x60s
Air mass1.75
Observatory MPC codeK97
LocationFreconrupt
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker V13.5.2
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.93 "/pix
Image processingPrism 11 & Gimp
Observation submission date2026 May 09 10h19m31s
Observation modification date2026 May 09 10h22m50s

(Record n° 31429)

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