29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 15420)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2016 Apr 10 08h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17 m2 standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius used for m2 6.2 " r (dist/Sun) 5.948 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.940 AU Right ascension 19 50 09.86 h m s Declination -25 27 13.8 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.04.10
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2016 04 10.37375 19 50 09.86 -25 27 13.8 16.7 N W96
0029P C2016 04 10.41110 19 50 10.58 -25 27 12.2 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 QSI583 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -25 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA 200 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 7 x 120s Moon elongation 127 ° Air mass 1.14 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 2016 Apr 10 12h42m28s Observation modification date 2016 Apr 10 13h41m42s