29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13533)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Mar 16 06h45 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.8 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 3.4 " r (dist/Sun) 6.061 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.040 AU Right ascension 17 52 40.99 h m s Declination -31 01 24.3 ° ' " 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 2015.03.16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 03 16.28119 17 52 40.99 -31 01 24.3 17.9 N W96
0029P C2015 03 16.30161 17 52 41.39 -31 01 25.7 17.6 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 15 x 120s Moon elongation 32 ° Air mass 1.74 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 16 08h42m19s Observation modification date 2015 Mar 16 08h42m56s