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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 12 07h44 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.8
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
Coma diameter1.4 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.070 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.531 AU
Right ascension264.02921 °
Declination-30.54594 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.02.12 08:35:10
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 02 12.32213 17 36 07.01 -30 32 45.4          15.8 N      W96
0029P         C2015 02 12.33875 17 36 07.67 -30 32 45.9          15.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Exposure details14x60s
Air mass2.5
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2015 Feb 12 09h37m08s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 12 16h59m06s

(Record n° 13392)

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