29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13436)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Feb 21 08h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.9 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.067 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.402 AU Right ascension 17 41 44.27 h m s Declination -30 40 59.2 ° ' " 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 2015.02.21
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-
0029P C2015 02 21.34403 17 41 44.27 -30 40 59.2 16.9 N W96
0029P C2015 02 21.36445 17 41 44.99 -30 41 00.3 16.9 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 15 x 120s Moon elongation 99 ° Air mass 1.65 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Feb 21 10h05m47s Observation modification date 2015 Feb 21 10h06m25s