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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 11 23h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.120 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.915 AU
Right ascension15 21 28.88 h m s
Declination-27 44 14.8 ° ' "
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 2014.08.11 and 12
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 08 11.97944 15 21 28.88 -27 44 14.8          17.0 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 08 12.03066 15 21 29.62 -27 44 12.1          17.0 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 details30 x 120s
Moon elongation102 °
Air mass1.02
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 12 03h12m05s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 12 03h13m00s

(Record n° 12300)

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