29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 9870)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Aug 06 23h40 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.5 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.8 " r (dist/Sun) 6.203 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.331 AU Right ascension 13 44 25.03 h m s Declination -20 36 42.4 ° ' " 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 2013.08.06 and 07
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2013 08 06.98591 13 44 25.03 -20 36 42.4 17.6 N W96
0029P KC2013 08 07.01752 13 44 25.80 -20 36 44.2 17.4 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 3326 x 2504 Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 24 X 120s Moon elongation 76 ° Air mass 1.18 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2013 Aug 07 19h22m14s Observation modification date 2013 Aug 07 20h36m07s