29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14450)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Sep 18 23h59 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.4 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 3.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.007 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.975 AU Right ascension 17 21 47.97 h m s Declination -29 22 32.7 ° ' " 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.
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 09 18.99902 17 21 47.97 -29 22 32.7 17.3 N W96
0029P C2015 09 19.04464 17 21 48.98 -29 22 30.4 17.5 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 20 x 180s Moon elongation 26 ° Air mass 1.11 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 19 08h50m55s Observation modification date 2015 Sep 19 08h51m26s