29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13469)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Feb 28 08h13 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.065 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.295 AU Right ascension 17 45 37.17 h m s Declination -30 47 16.9 ° ' " 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 2015.02.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 02 28.34239 17 45 37.17 -30 47 16.9 14.9 N W96
0029P C2015 02 28.38344 17 45 38.44 -30 47 19.2 14.8 N W96
0029P C2015 02 28.40244 17 45 39.03 -30 47 20.2 14.8 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 11 x 120s Moon elongation 162 ° Air mass 1.20 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Feb 28 11h17m56s Observation modification date 2015 Mar 15 23h25m36s