29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 11726)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 May 02 04h32 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.8 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.146 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.203 AU Right ascension 15 46 52.65 h m s Declination -30 52 39.7 ° ' " 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 2014.05.02
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 05 02.18895 15 46 52.65 -30 52 39.7 13.8 N W96
0029P C2014 05 02.21047 15 46 52.00 -30 52 38.6 13.8 N W96
0029P C2014 05 02.23082 15 46 51.44 -30 52 37.6 13.8 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 15 x 120s Moon elongation 159 ° Air mass 1.04 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 May 02 14h36m25s Observation modification date 2014 May 02 14h38m32s