29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12158)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Jul 26 23h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.2 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.124 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.677 AU Right ascension 15 18 56.36 h m s Declination -28 03 17.8 ° ' " 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 2014.07.26 and 27
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 07 26.99432 15 18 56.36 -28 03 17.8 17.2 N W96
0029P KC2014 07 27.02741 15 18 56.49 -28 03 14.9 17.2 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 -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 24 x 120s Moon elongation 109 ° Air mass 1.00 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 Jul 27 03h26m48s Observation modification date 2014 Jul 27 03h27m42s