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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 28 05h15 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.5
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter2.40 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.040 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.092 AU
Right ascension17 46 49.19 h m s
Declination-31 48 16.8 ° ' "
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 2015.05.28 14:22:50
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 05 28.21882 17 46 49.19 -31 48 16.8          16.5 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 05 28.23778 17 46 48.67 -31 48 17.0          16.5 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-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Exposure details35x2mn
Air mass1.05
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2015 May 28 16h24m52s
Observation modification date2015 May 28 18h26m40s

(Record n° 13937)

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