29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14557)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Oct 06 00h01 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.002 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.249 AU Right ascension 17 29 32.97 h m s Declination -29 04 40.2 ° ' " 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 2015.10.06
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 10 06.00104 17 29 32.97 -29 04 40.2 15.9 N W96
0029P C2015 10 06.03231 17 29 33.92 -29 04 40.1 15.7 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 20 x 120s Moon elongation 145 ° Air mass 1.29 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 Oct 06 03h30m00s Observation modification date 2015 Oct 06 03h30m35s