29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12299)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Aug 10 23h32 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.120 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.899 AU Right ascension 15 21 14.38 h m s Declination -27 45 07.3 ° ' " 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 2014.08.10 and 11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 08 10.98047 15 21 14.38 -27 45 07.3 17.1 N W96
0029P KC2014 08 11.03082 15 21 15.08 -27 45 04.4 16.9 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 30 x 120s Moon elongation 87 ° Air mass 1.02 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 Aug 11 03h10m29s Observation modification date 2014 Aug 11 03h11m30s