29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12541)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Sep 14 23h37 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.3 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.111 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.427 AU Right ascension 15 35 35.24 h m s Declination -27 38 27.6 ° ' " 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 2014.09.14 and 15
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 09 14.98398 15 35 35.24 -27 38 27.6 16.3 N W96
0029P C2014 09 14.99955 15 35 35.76 -27 38 28.3 16.3 N W96
0029P C2014 09 15.01888 15 35 36.43 -27 38 28.6 16.3 N W96
0029P C2014 09 15.03825 15 35 37.08 -27 38 29.0 16.3 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 120s Moon elongation 163 ° Air mass 1.32 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 15 03h36m27s Observation modification date 2014 Sep 15 03h37m19s