29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 11266)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Mar 03 04h51 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.5 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.160 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.935 AU Right ascension 15 57 42.35 h m s Declination -30 12 29.9 ° ' " 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 2014.03.03
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 03 03.20230 15 57 42.35 -30 12 29.9 14.5 N W96
0029P C2014 03 03.24106 15 57 42.73 -30 12 34.4 14.5 N W96
0029P C2014 03 03.26384 15 57 42.96 -30 12 37.3 14.5 N W96
0029P C2014 03 03.27993 15 57 43.10 -30 12 38.7 14.5 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 temperature -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 22 X 120s Moon elongation 123 ° Air mass 1.67 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 Mar 03 10h48m34s Observation modification date 2014 Mar 03 10h51m25s