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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 25 23h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.117 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.130 AU
Right ascension15 25 57.71 h m s
Declination-27 36 23.5 ° ' "
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 2014.08.25 and 26
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 08 25.97890 15 25 57.71 -27 36 23.5          17.2 N      W96
0029P         C2014 08 26.03220 15 25 58.95 -27 36 22.6          17.3 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 120s
Moon elongation79 °
Air mass1.09
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 26 03h21m14s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 26 03h21m58s

(Record n° 12385)

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