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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jun 15 07h11 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.035 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.028 AU
Right ascension17 37 35.26 h m s
Declination-31 41 01.2 ° ' "
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 2015.06.15
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 06 15.29950 17 37 35.26 -31 41 01.2          16.7 N      W96
0029P         C2015 06 15.31992 17 37 34.63 -31 41 00.3          16.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details15 x 120s
Moon elongation83 °
Air mass1.20
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jun 15 10h05m16s
Observation modification date2015 Jun 15 10h05m45s

(Record n° 13989)

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