29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14415)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Sep 12 00h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 2.7 " r (dist/Sun) 6.009 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.882 AU Right ascension 17 19 28.73 h m s Declination -29 31 03.5 ° ' " 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 2015.09.12
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 09 12.00146 17 19 28.73 -29 31 03.5 18.3 N W96
0029P C2015 09 12.01007 17 19 28.94 -29 31 02.7 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 5 x 180s Moon elongation 106 ° Air mass 1.07 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 12 02h51m28s Observation modification date 2015 Sep 12 02h52m05s