29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14761)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Nov 15 23h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.4 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.2 " r (dist/Sun) 5.990 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.744 AU Right ascension 17 57 50.68 h m s Declination -28 29 47.6 ° ' " 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 2015.11.15 and 16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 11 15.99514 17 57 50.68 -28 29 47.6 14.3 N W96
0029P C2015 11 16.03401 17 57 52.67 -28 29 45.9 14.5 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 15 x 120s Moon elongation 15 ° Air mass 2.50 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro d'Atacama Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Nov 16 02h16m42s Observation modification date 2015 Nov 16 02h18m02s