29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14601)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Oct 15 00h14 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 5.999 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.378 AU Right ascension 17 34 44.27 h m s Declination -28 56 28.0 ° ' " 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 2015.10.15
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 10 15.01000 17 34 44.27 -28 56 28.0 17.1 N W96
0029P C2015 10 15.04219 17 34 45.52 -28 56 29.1 17.2 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 10 x 120s Moon elongation 43 ° Air mass 1.51 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 15 03h36m39s Observation modification date 2015 Oct 15 03h37m14s