29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13544)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Mar 21 07h50 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 3.4 " r (dist/Sun) 6.060 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.958 AU Right ascension 17 54 21.02 h m s Declination -31 05 53.9 ° ' " 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 2015.03.21
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 03 21.32673 17 54 21.02 -31 05 53.9 16.9 N W96
0029P KC2015 03 21.34131 17 54 21.21 -31 05 55.2 17.0 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 -20 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure total time 1800 s Exposure details 15 x 120s Moon elongation 104 ° Air mass 1.27 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 21 09h36m53s Observation modification date 2015 Mar 21 11h46m37s