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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Nov 05 23h54 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.4
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.097 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.981 AU
Right ascension16 13 28.25 h m s
Declination-28 32 26.5 ° ' "
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 2014.11.05
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 11 05.99613 16 13 28.25 -28 32 26.5          17.2 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 11 06.00148 16 13 28.72 -28 32 24.4          17.6 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
Moon elongation144 °
Air mass5.03
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Observation submission date2014 Nov 06 09h35m14s

(Record n° 12893)

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