29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12678)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 01 23h57 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.7 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.107 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.653 AU Right ascension 15 46 16.40 h m s Declination -27 50 17.6 ° ' " 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 2014.10.01 and 02
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 10 01.99788 15 46 16.40 -27 50 17.6 13.6 N W96
0029P C2014 10 02.00859 15 46 16.86 -27 50 17.8 13.6 N W96
0029P C2014 10 02.02005 15 46 17.30 -27 50 18.8 13.7 N W96
0029P C2014 10 02.03808 15 46 18.05 -27 50 19.8 13.7 N W96
0029P C2014 10 02.05078 15 46 18.58 -27 50 20.4 13.7 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 60s Moon elongation 42 ° Air mass 1.88 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 Oct 02 11h29m37s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 02 11h33m09s