29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13319)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Jan 25 08h54 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.3 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 2.7 " r (dist/Sun) 6.075 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.758 AU Right ascension 17 23 12.88 h m s Declination -30 15 21.1 ° ' " 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 2015.01.25
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 01 25.37106 17 23 12.88 -30 15 21.1 18.3 N W96
0029P KC2015 01 25.38394 17 23 13.45 -30 15 22.2 18.2 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 12 x 80s Moon elongation 110 ° Air mass 2.45 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Jan 25 10h52m06s Observation modification date 2015 Jan 25 10h52m48s