29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13479)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Mar 02 07h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.5 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.065 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.264 AU Right ascension 17 46 38.37 h m s Declination -30 49 02.3 ° ' " 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 2015.03.02
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 03 02.33199 17 46 38.37 -30 49 02.3 15.6 N W96
0029P C2015 03 02.37081 17 46 39.52 -30 49 05.0 15.4 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 -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 25 x 120s Moon elongation 142 ° Air mass 1.55 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 Mar 02 11h25m24s Observation modification date 2015 Mar 02 11h26m44s