29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14604)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Oct 16 00h11 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 5.999 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.392 AU Right ascension 17 35 21.27 h m s Declination -28 55 35.1 ° ' " 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 2015.10.16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 10 16.00764 17 35 21.27 -28 55 35.1 17.1 N W96
0029P KC2015 10 16.03328 17 35 22.21 -28 55 34.6 17.1 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 -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 x 120s Moon elongation 32 ° Air mass 1.48 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 16 03h43m29s Observation modification date 2015 Oct 16 03h43m58s