29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13979)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Jun 11 02h16 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.5 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.036 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.034 AU Right ascension 17 39 49.51 h m s Declination -31 43 47.4 ° ' " 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 2015.06.11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 06 11.09435 17 39 49.51 -31 43 47.4 16.5 N W96
0029P C2015 06 11.12207 17 39 48.62 -31 43 46.7 16.4 N W96
0029P C2015 06 11.15581 17 39 47.53 -31 43 45.7 16.5 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 x 120s Moon elongation 103 ° Air mass 1.24 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Jun 11 06h16m18s Observation modification date 2015 Jun 11 06h16m53s