Home

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Feb 03 06h42 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m23.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.166 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.386 AU
Right ascension15 48 40.62 h m s
Declination-29 09 10.5 ° ' "
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 2014.02.03 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 02 03.27902 15 48 40.62 -29 09 10.5          17.8 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 02 03.28923 15 48 40.97 -29 09 12.0          17.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY 9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 120s
Moon elongation119 °
Air mass2.28
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Feb 03 09h54m51s
Observation modification date2014 Feb 03 15h15m51s

(Record n° 11047)

Home