29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14640)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Oct 23 00h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.7 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 7.2 " r (dist/Sun) 5.997 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.485 AU Right ascension 17 39 53.64 h m s Declination -28 49 37.2 ° ' " 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 2015.10.23
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 10 23.01021 17 39 53.64 -28 49 37.2 16.6 N W96
0029P C2015 10 23.04046 17 39 54.84 -28 49 35.5 16.8 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 3x3 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 x 120s Moon elongation 61 ° Air mass 1.73 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Oct 23 03h17m19s Observation modification date 2015 Oct 23 03h17m47s