29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12728)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 12 00h17 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.7 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.104 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.779 AU Right ascension 15 53 26.41 h m s Declination -28 00 29.6 ° ' " 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 2014.10.12
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 10 12.01156 15 53 26.41 -28 00 29.6 16.6 N W96
0029P KC2014 10 12.02531 15 53 26.98 -28 00 30.7 16.6 N W96
0029P KC2014 10 12.03983 15 53 27.64 -28 00 31.8 16.8 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 x 60s Moon elongation 168 ° Air mass 2.76 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2014 Oct 12 03h55m30s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 12 04h21m55s