29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12343)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Aug 19 23h40 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.118 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.037 AU Right ascension 15 23 47.94 h m s Declination -27 38 45.1 ° ' " 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 2014.08.19 and 20
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 08 19.98609 15 23 47.94 -27 38 45.1 17.2 N W96
0029P C2014 08 20.03006 15 23 48.77 -27 38 44.5 17.1 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 24 x 120s Moon elongation 148 ° Air mass 1.05 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 20 03h12m26s Observation modification date 2014 Aug 20 03h13m53s