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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 25 03h11 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.023 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.218 AU
Right ascension17 19 35.23 h m s
Declination-30 48 06.6 ° ' "
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 2015.07.25 06:40:48
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 07 25.13242 17 19 35.23 -30 48 06.6          12.2 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 25.15858 17 19 34.74 -30 48 04.0          12.2 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 25.18589 17 19 34.25 -30 48 01.0          12.3 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 details30 x 120s
Moon elongation41 °
Air mass1.06
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jul 25 09h03m26s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 25 09h03m56s

(Record n° 14188)

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