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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 07 00h25 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.105 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.724 AU
Right ascension237.44817 °
Declination-27.91931 °
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 2014.10.07
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 10 07.01749 15 49 47.56 -27 55 09.5          15.9 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 10 07.03582 15 49 48.43 -27 55 10.9          15.8 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 details30 x 60s
Moon elongation113 °
Air mass2.29
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 07 03h22m26s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 07 03h25m41s

(Record n° 12702)

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