29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 15850)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2016 Aug 19 23h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.4 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 6.2 " r (dist/Sun) 5.911 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.086 AU Right ascension 19 18 59.68 h m s Declination -25 41 31.1 ° ' " 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/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.08.19 and 20
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2016 08 19.99659 19 18 59.68 -25 41 31.1 16.1 N W96
0029P C2016 08 20.08144 19 18 58.04 -25 41 27.4 16.4 N W96
0029P C2016 08 20.11658 19 18 57.37 -25 41 26.2 16.6 N W96
0029P C2016 08 20.15126 19 18 56.69 -25 41 24.9 16.5 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 2160 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.4 Filter(s) None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA 200 Autoguide No Exposure details 20 x 60s Moon elongation 61 ° Air mass 1.13 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro D'Atacama Chli Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.55 "/pix Observation submission date 2016 Aug 20 06h06m58s Observation modification date 2016 Aug 20 13h17m26s