29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14020)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Jun 20 02h44 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.8 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.033 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.028 AU Right ascension 17 35 01.53 h m s Declination -31 37 02.6 ° ' " 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 2015.06.20
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 06 20.11368 17 35 01.53 -31 37 02.6 16.8 N W96
0029P C2015 06 20.16281 17 34 59.93 -31 36 59.8 16.8 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 30 x 120s Moon elongation 133 ° Air mass 1.08 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 20 06h11m18s Observation modification date 2015 Jun 20 10h59m11s