29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 9886)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Aug 08 23h16 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.7 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.8 " r (dist/Sun) 6.203 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.361 AU Right ascension 13 45 15.33 h m s Declination -20 38 29.2 ° ' " 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 2013.08.08 and 09
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2013 08 08.96941 13 45 15.33 -20 38 29.2 17.6 N W96
0029P KC2013 08 09.01805 13 45 16.52 -20 38 32.3 17.8 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 3326 x 2504 Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 31 x 120s Moon elongation 52 ° Air mass 1.14 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 10 00h12m15s Observation modification date 2013 Aug 10 00h15m18s