29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12889)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Nov 03 23h49 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.7 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.098 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.968 AU Right ascension 16 11 46.56 h m s Declination -28 29 37.6 ° ' " 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 2014.11.03 and 04
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 11 03.99240 16 11 46.56 -28 29 37.6 16.7 N W96
0029P KC2014 11 04.00156 16 11 46.87 -28 29 38.8 16.7 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 116 ° Air mass 4.45 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 04 12h11m08s Observation modification date 2014 Nov 04 12h11m55s