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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Mar 23 23h40 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.260 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.283 AU
Right ascension12 24 17.95 h m s
Declination-12 49 34.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.300-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.03.23 and 24
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P         C2012 03 23.98616 12 24 17.95 -12 49 34.4          16.6 N      C10
0029P         C2012 03 23.99786 12 24 17.70 -12 49 32.6          16.6 N      C10
0029P         C2012 03 24.00882 12 24 17.38 -12 49 31.2          16.5 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1800 s
Exposure details15 X 120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation169 °
Air mass2.10
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 LOG FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Mar 24 09h41m35s
Observation modification date2012 Mar 24 19h22m47s

(Record n° 6272)

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