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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 26 23h42 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.116 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.145 AU
Right ascension15 26 21.63 h m s
Declination-27 36 08.2 ° ' "
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 2014.08.26 and 27
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 08 26.98765 15 26 21.63 -27 36 08.2          17.3 N      W96
0029P         C2014 08 27.02128 15 26 22.44 -27 36 07.8          17.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 X 120s
Moon elongation68 °
Air mass1.13
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 27 18h00m45s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 27 18h01m33s

(Record n° 12391)

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