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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 08 08h03 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)12.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.046 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.264 AU
Right ascension268.63513 °
Declination-31.72572 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.08 21:58:57
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 05 08.33538 17 54 32.43 -31 43 32.6          12.2 N      W96
0029P         C2015 05 08.35270 17 54 32.09 -31 43 34.9          12.3 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning4x4
MountParamount
AutoguideNo
Exposure details45x30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.38 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-offset, add), Iris (grad, levels, crop)
Observation submission date2015 May 08 22h01m01s
Observation modification date2015 May 08 23h01m32s

(Record n° 13824)

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