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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Aug 19 23h19 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.201 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.522 AU
Right ascension13 50 26.81 h m s
Declination-20 51 59.2 ° ' "
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 2013.08.19 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2013 08 19.97172 13 50 26.81 -20 51 59.2          17.8 N      W96
0029P        KC2013 08 20.00306 13 50 27.79 -20 52 01.9          17.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 X 120s
Moon elongation100 °
Air mass1.27
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Aug 20 02h59m36s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 20 03h00m15s

(Record n° 9929)

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