29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 11512)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Apr 01 07h59 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.153 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.504 AU Right ascension 15 57 26.40 h m s Declination -30 52 55.8 ° ' " 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 2014.04.01
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 04 01.33276 15 57 26.40 -30 52 55.8 17.1 N W96
0029P C2014 04 01.35318 15 57 26.15 -30 52 56.7 17.1 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 temperature -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 15 x 120s Moon elongation 146 ° Air mass 1.01 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Apr 01 12h27m39s Observation modification date 2014 Apr 01 12h28m31s