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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Jul 19 23h18 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.126 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.580 AU
Right ascension15 18 44.98 h m s
Declination-28 14 57.0 ° ' "
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 2014.07.19 and 20
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 07 19.97073 15 18 44.98 -28 14 57.0          17.0 N      W96
0029P         C2014 07 20.00089 15 18 44.93 -28 14 53.6          17.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 X 120s
Moon elongation160 °
Air mass1.02
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Jul 20 10h06m55s
Observation modification date2014 Jul 20 16h07m24s

(Record n° 12102)

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