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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Oct 15 00h46 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.896 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.876 AU
Right ascension19 19 56.48 h m s
Declination-24 34 30.9 ° ' "
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 2016.10.15
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 10 15.03185 19 19 56.48 -24 34 30.9          17.6 N      W96
0029P         C2016 10 15.07926 19 19 57.39 -24 34 26.0          17.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details5 x 60s
Moon elongation77 °
Air mass1.19
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro D'Atacama Chli
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Oct 15 06h01m13s
Observation modification date2016 Oct 15 09h23m28s

(Record n° 16337)

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