29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14387)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Sep 07 23h32 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.1 Aperture radius used for m2 2.7 " r (dist/Sun) 6.010 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.804 AU Right ascension 17 18 23.74 h m s Declination -29 36 17.4 ° ' " 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 2015.09.07 and 08
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 09 07.98031 17 18 23.74 -29 36 17.4 18.1 N W96
0029P C2015 09 08.02640 17 18 24.41 -29 36 14.0 18.1 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 -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 180s Moon elongation 152 ° Air mass 1.02 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 Sep 08 03h09m35s Observation modification date 2015 Sep 08 03h10m07s