29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12070)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Jul 14 23h33 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.127 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.515 AU Right ascension 15 18 57.84 h m s Declination -28 24 18.6 ° ' " 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 2014.07.14 and 15
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 07 14.98115 15 18 57.84 -28 24 18.6 16.8 N W96
0029P C2014 07 15.01139 15 18 57.71 -28 24 15.2 16.7 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 -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 X 120s Moon elongation 94 ° Air mass 1.02 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 Jul 15 14h34m10s Observation modification date 2014 Jul 15 14h35m04s