29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12547)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Sep 16 00h00 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.5 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.111 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.455 AU Right ascension 15 36 10.02 h m s Declination -27 38 55.8 ° ' " 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 2014.09.16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 09 16.00030 15 36 10.02 -27 38 55.8 16.4 N W96
0029P C2014 09 16.05560 15 36 11.82 -27 38 57.9 16.6 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 153 ° Air mass 1.48 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 16 09h43m54s Observation modification date 2014 Sep 16 09h44m38s