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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Aug 02 23h42 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.204 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.270 AU
Right ascension13 42 49.50 h m s
Declination-20 33 43.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.F Soulier
MEA J.F Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.08.02 and 03
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2013 08 02.98782 13 42 49.50 -20 33 43.9          17.5 N      W96
0029P        KC2013 08 03.00806 13 42 49.97 -20 33 44.6          17.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideNo
Exposure details30 X 60s
Moon elongation123 °
Air mass1.14
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Aug 03 15h10m18s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 03 15h12m05s

(Record n° 9855)

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