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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Apr 09 07h05 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m23.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.054 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.655 AU
Right ascension17 57 53.33 h m s
Declination-31 22 34.4 ° ' "
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 2015.04.09 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 04 09.29543 17 57 53.33 -31 22 34.4          17.1 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 09.33873 17 57 53.51 -31 22 37.0          17.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details15 x 120s
Moon elongation20 °
Air mass1.18
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Apr 09 10h42m05s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 09 10h42m47s

(Record n° 13618)

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