29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14317)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Aug 22 23h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.3 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.1 " r (dist/Sun) 6.015 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.565 AU Right ascension 17 15 59.04 h m s Declination -29 59 30.5 ° ' " 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 2015.08.23 06:45:18
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 08 22.99876 17 15 59.04 -29 59 30.5 17.4 N W96
0029P C2015 08 23.03567 17 15 59.09 -29 59 26.9 17.2 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 8 x 180s Moon elongation 22 ° Air mass 1.00 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 Aug 23 08h59m41s Observation modification date 2015 Aug 23 09h00m16s