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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 05 23h50 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.122 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.824 AU
Right ascension15 20 11.70 h m s
Declination-27 50 07.2 ° ' "
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 2014.08.05 and 06
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 08 05.99331 15 20 11.70 -27 50 07.2          17.2 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 08 06.03591 15 20 12.12 -27 50 04.2          17.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 120s
Moon elongation18 °
Air mass1.02
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 06 03h22m55s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 06 03h23m49s

(Record n° 12267)

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