29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12327)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Aug 16 23h34 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.119 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.991 AU Right ascension 15 22 51.07 h m s Declination -27 40 30.4 ° ' " 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 2014.08.16 and 17
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 08 16.98168 15 22 51.07 -27 40 30.4 17.0 N W96
0029P KC2014 08 17.00286 15 22 51.44 -27 40 29.2 17.0 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 166 ° Air mass 1.04 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 Aug 17 03h23m42s Observation modification date 2014 Aug 17 03h24m22s