29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13813)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 May 08 03h27 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 11.9 Aperture radius used for m1 0.09 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.3 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 0.25 ' Afrho 151909 cm Afrho error 2388 cm r (dist/Sun) 6.046 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.264 AU Right ascension 17 54 35.95 h m s Declination -31 43 27.3 ° ' " 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 2015.05.08
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 05 08.14369 17 54 35.95 -31 43 27.3 13.3 N W96
0029P C2015 05 08.19394 17 54 35.04 -31 43 28.8 13.3 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) I Bessel Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 4x4 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 7 x 60s Moon elongation 15 ° Air mass 1.26 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.38 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 May 08 16h37m53s Observation modification date 2015 May 09 10h27m54s