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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 06 00h13 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.105 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.712 AU
Right ascension237.26846 °
Declination-27.90231 °
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 2014.10.05 and 06
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 10 06.00876 15 49 04.43 -27 54 08.3          15.6 N      W96
0029P         C2014 10 06.02329 15 49 05.02 -27 54 09.0          15.5 N      W96
0029P         C2014 10 06.03856 15 49 05.67 -27 54 10.1          15.5 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details40 x 60s
Moon elongation98 °
Air mass2.28
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 06 09h22m57s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 06 14h07m36s

(Record n° 12699)

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