29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12479)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Sep 04 23h38 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.114 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.281 AU Right ascension 15 30 20.34 h m s Declination -27 35 37.1 ° ' " 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 2014.09.04 and 05
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 09 04.98495 15 30 20.34 -27 35 37.1 17.2 N W96
0029P C2014 09 05.00992 15 30 21.05 -27 35 36.9 17.0 N W96
0029P C2014 09 05.03645 15 30 21.81 -27 35 36.9 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 30 x 120s Moon elongation 49 ° Air mass 1.20 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 Sep 05 03h21m08s Observation modification date 2014 Sep 05 03h21m56s