29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13830)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 May 10 05h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 12.3 Aperture radius used for m1 0.13 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 0.5 ' Afrho 63149 cm Afrho error 1291 cm r (dist/Sun) 6.045 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.243 AU Right ascension 17 53 58.69 h m s Declination -31 44 27.2 ° ' " 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 2015.05.10
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 05 10.20941 17 53 58.69 -31 44 27.2 13.8 N W96
0029P C2015 05 10.25905 17 53 57.74 -31 44 29.9 14.1 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) I Bessel Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 4x4 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 29 x 60s Moon elongation 37 ° Air mass 1.08 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 10 08h45m48s Observation modification date 2015 May 10 09h10m36s