29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13365)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Feb 02 09h05 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.4 Aperture radius used for m2 2.07 " r (dist/Sun) 6.073 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.663 AU Right ascension 17 29 13.34 h m s Declination -30 23 19.0 ° ' " 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 2015.02.02
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 02 02.37831 17 29 13.34 -30 23 19.0 18.4 N W96
0029P KC2015 02 02.38572 17 29 13.68 -30 23 19.1 18.4 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 13 x 80s Moon elongation 146 ° Air mass 2.14 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Feb 02 11h10m32s Observation modification date 2015 Feb 04 14h00m07s