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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 26 23h41 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.100 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.910 AU
Right ascension16 05 08.13 h m s
Declination-28 18 50.0 ° ' "
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 2014.10.26
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 10 26.98672 16 05 08.13 -28 18 50.0          16.1 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 10 26.99971 16 05 08.74 -28 18 50.6          15.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details19 x 60s
Moon elongation12 °
Air mass3.09
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 27 01h56m28s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 27 01h57m45s

(Record n° 12821)

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