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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

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 m24.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.166 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.339 AU
Right ascension15 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 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 120s
Moon elongation157 °
Air mass1.50
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Feb 06 12h28m24s
Observation modification date2014 Feb 06 18h36m40s

(Record n° 11053)

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