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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 31 09h11 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.073 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.688 AU
Right ascension17 27 45.61 h m s
Declination-30 21 22.1 ° ' "
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 2015.01.31
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 01 31.38234 17 27 45.61 -30 21 22.1          17.6 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 01 31.38998 17 27 45.94 -30 21 22.9          17.8 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-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 60s
Moon elongation166 °
Air mass2.09
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jan 31 11h03m13s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 04 13h54m12s

(Record n° 13357)

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