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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 May 21 07h42 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.141 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.144 AU
Right ascension234.34954 °
Declination-30.44608 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G Bosch
MEA J.-G Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.05.21 10:20:26
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 05 21.32056 15 37 23.89 -30 26 45.9          15.5 N      W96
0029P         C2014 05 21.34973 15 37 22.99 -30 26 42.5          15.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
AutoguideYes
Exposure details21x120s
Moon phase270 °
Air mass1.7
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSpaceObs W96 Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2014 May 21 12h22m51s
Observation modification date2014 May 21 18h35m27s

(Record n° 11829)

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