29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12881)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Nov 02 23h48 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 " r (dist/Sun) 6.098 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.961 AU Right ascension 16 10 55.98 h m s Declination -28 28 14.9 ° ' " 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 2014.11.02 and 03
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 11 02.99156 16 10 55.98 -28 28 14.9 16.7 N W96
0029P KC2014 11 03.00149 16 10 56.45 -28 28 16.5 16.6 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 21 x 60s Moon elongation 102 ° Air mass 4.25 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 Nov 03 09h07m35s Observation modification date 2014 Nov 03 09h08m14s