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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Jan 31 07h59 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.167 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.432 AU
Right ascension15 47 16.13 h m s
Declination-29 01 28.6 ° ' "
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 2014.01.31 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 01 31.33330 15 47 16.13 -29 01 28.6          17.8 N      W96
0029P         C2014 01 31.34642 15 47 16.51 -29 01 30.8          17.5 N      W96
0029P         C2014 01 31.36112 15 47 16.94 -29 01 33.1          17.5 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY 9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 X 120s
Moon elongation78 °
Air mass1.52
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Jan 31 10h57m29s
Observation modification date2014 Jan 31 10h58m11s

(Record n° 11028)

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