29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 11696)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Apr 29 07h17 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.9 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.146 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.222 AU Right ascension 15 48 11.73 h m s Declination -30 54 53.4 ° ' " 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 2014.04.29
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 04 29.30353 15 48 11.73 -30 54 53.4 16.8 N W96
0029P C2014 04 29.31666 15 48 11.37 -30 54 52.9 16.9 N W96
0029P C2014 04 29.33134 15 48 10.96 -30 54 52.2 16.9 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 X 120s Moon elongation 155 ° Air mass 1.06 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 29 12h35m03s Observation modification date 2014 Apr 29 12h37m22s