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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Dec 16 08h22 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.177 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.999 AU
Right ascension15 17 27.12 h m s
Declination-26 42 51.9 ° ' "
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 2013.12.16 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2013 12 16.34827 15 17 27.12 -26 42 51.9          16.9 N      W96
0029P        KC2013 12 16.35978 15 17 27.44 -26 42 52.1          17.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 X 60s
Moon elongation158 °
Air mass4.65
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Dec 16 10h14m02s
Observation modification date2013 Dec 16 10h15m59s

(Record n° 10880)

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