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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Sep 28 23h56 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.004 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.129 AU
Right ascension17 26 00.94 h m s
Declination-29 11 36.6 ° ' "
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 2015.09.28 and 29
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 09 28.99749 17 26 00.94 -29 11 36.6          13.3 N      W96
0029P         C2015 09 29.01687 17 26 01.47 -29 11 35.1          13.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 180s
Moon elongation115 °
Air mass1.19
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Sep 29 09h08m49s
Observation modification date2015 Sep 29 09h09m31s

(Record n° 14525)

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