29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13592)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Apr 02 05h48 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.3 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 2.7 " r (dist/Sun) 6.056 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.765 AU Right ascension 17 57 05.46 h m s Declination -31 16 27.5 ° ' " 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 2015.04.02
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 04 02.24146 17 57 05.46 -31 16 27.5 18.3 N W96
0029P KC2015 04 02.27375 17 57 05.80 -31 16 29.1 18.2 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 details 30 x 120s Moon elongation 102 ° Air mass 1.78 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 Apr 02 09h10m58s Observation modification date 2015 Apr 02 09h11m25s