29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 11053)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Feb 06 07h44 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.9 Aperture radius used for m2 4.1 " r (dist/Sun) 6.166 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.339 AU Right ascension 15 50 02.89 h m s Declination -29 16 57.8 ° ' " 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 2014.02.06
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 02 06.32209 15 50 02.89 -29 16 57.8 17.9 N W96
0029P KC2014 02 06.35079 15 50 03.63 -29 17 02.1 17.9 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 -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 X 120s Moon elongation 157 ° Air mass 1.50 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Feb 06 12h28m24s Observation modification date 2014 Feb 06 18h36m40s