29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12368)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Aug 23 23h33 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.3 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.117 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.099 AU Right ascension 15 25 12.05 h m s Declination -27 37 01.1 ° ' " 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 2014.08.23 and 24
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 08 23.98094 15 25 12.05 -27 37 01.1 17.3 N W96
0029P KC2014 08 24.02793 15 25 13.08 -27 36 59.5 17.3 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 X 120s Moon elongation 102 ° Air mass 1.08 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 24 12h25m42s Observation modification date 2014 Aug 24 12h26m26s