29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13999)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Jun 17 02h23 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.034 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.027 AU Right ascension 17 36 37.82 h m s Declination -31 39 38.1 ° ' " 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 2015.06.17
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 06 17.09961 17 36 37.82 -31 39 38.1 16.5 N W96
0029P C2015 06 17.12004 17 36 37.14 -31 39 37.1 16.6 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 15 x 120s Moon elongation 165 ° Air mass 1.14 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 17 09h22m20s Observation modification date 2015 Jun 17 09h23m17s