29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14340)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Aug 28 00h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.7 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 3.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.013 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.653 AU Right ascension 17 16 24.56 h m s Declination -29 51 46.4 ° ' " 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 2015.08.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 08 28.03675 17 16 24.56 -29 51 46.4 17.5 N W96
0029P KC2015 08 28.13055 17 16 25.22 -29 51 37.6 17.9 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 3x3 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 54 x 120s Moon elongation 50 ° Air mass 1.05 Observatory MPC code W96 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Aug 28 08h53m28s Observation modification date 2015 Aug 28 09h18m59s