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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 24 09h08 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
Coma diameter40 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.067 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.356 AU
Right ascension265.86904 °
Declination-30.72869 °
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 2015.02.24 11:47:02
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 02 24.38025 17 43 28.57 -30 43 43.3          17.8 N      W96
0029P         C2015 02 24.40285 17 43 29.34 -30 43 44.5          17.5 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
MotorizationNo
AutoguideYes
Exposure details16x120s
Air mass1.6
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2015 Feb 24 12h49m51s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 24 17h54m09s

(Record n° 13451)

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