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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 08 08h03 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.046 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.264 AU
Right ascension17 54 32.43 h m s
Declination-31 43 32.6 ° ' "
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
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning4x4
MountParamount
AutoguideNo
Exposure details45x30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-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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