29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14654)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Oct 30 00h40 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.7 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 7.2 " r (dist/Sun) 5.995 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.573 AU Right ascension 17 44 47.60 h m s Declination -28 43 51.3 ° ' " 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 2015.10.30
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 10 30.02767 17 44 47.60 -28 43 51.3 14.7 N W96
0029P C2015 10 30.04060 17 44 48.15 -28 43 50.7 14.7 N W96
0029P C2015 10 30.05801 17 44 48.91 -28 43 49.9 14.8 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 162 ° Air mass 2.35 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 30 03h04m01s Observation modification date 2015 Oct 30 03h04m44s