29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 11687)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Apr 28 04h29 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.8 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.147 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.229 AU Right ascension 15 48 41.67 h m s Declination -30 55 37.8 ° ' " 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 2014.04.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 04 28.18683 15 48 41.67 -30 55 37.8 16.8 N W96
0029P C2014 04 28.19996 15 48 41.31 -30 55 37.4 16.8 N W96
0029P C2014 04 28.21817 15 48 40.81 -30 55 38.1 16.8 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 10 X 120s Moon elongation 141 ° Air mass 1.07 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 Apr 28 12h39m47s Observation modification date 2014 Apr 28 12h42m47s