29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13747)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Apr 23 04h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.8 " r (dist/Sun) 6.050 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.451 AU Right ascension 17 57 36.23 h m s Declination -31 33 53.3 ° ' " 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 2015.04.22
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 04 23.18774 17 57 36.23 -31 33 53.3 17.3 N W96
0029P C2015 04 23.26619 17 57 35.71 -31 33 56.2 17.1 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 10 x 120s Moon elongation 166 ° Air mass 1.65 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 23 08h48m18s Observation modification date 2015 Apr 23 08h49m12s