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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 19 05h25 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
Coma diameter1.30 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.043 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.157 AU
Right ascension267.68825 °
Declination-31.79347 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.19 13:46:48
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 05 19.22550 17 50 45.18 -31 47 36.5          15.8 N      W96
0029P         C2015 05 19.24519 17 50 44.69 -31 47 35.9          15.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Exposure details20x2mn
Moon phase180 °
Air mass1.01
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2015 May 19 15h50m10s
Observation modification date2015 May 19 20h31m51s

(Record n° 13888)

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