29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 9892)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Aug 11 23h31 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.3 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.8 " r (dist/Sun) 6.202 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.406 AU Right ascension 13 46 35.15 h m s Declination -20 41 35.7 ° ' " 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 2013.08.11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2013 08 11.97981 13 46 35.15 -20 41 35.7 17.4 N W96
0029P KC2013 08 12.01667 13 46 36.16 -20 41 38.1 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) R (RGB) Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 3326 x 2504 Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 X 120s Moon elongation 15 ° Air mass 1.19 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2013 Aug 12 21h58m55s Observation modification date 2013 Aug 12 22h03m18s