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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 17 23h50 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) 6.119 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.007 AU
Right ascension15 23 09.58 h m s
Declination-27 39 52.7 ° ' "
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 2014.08.17 and 18
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 08 17.99316 15 23 09.58 -27 39 52.7          17.1 N      W96
0029P         C2014 08 18.06678 15 23 10.88 -27 39 49.9          17.2 N      W96
0029P         C2014 08 18.12020 15 23 11.89 -27 39 47.6          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 elongation166 °
Air mass1.43
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 18 05h42m13s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 18 05h42m59s

(Record n° 12331)

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