29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12419)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Aug 29 00h03 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.8 Aperture radius used for m2 4.1 " r (dist/Sun) 6.116 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.191 AU Right ascension 15 27 11.19 h m s Declination -27 35 44.9 ° ' " 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 2014.08.29
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 08 29.00228 15 27 11.19 -27 35 44.9 16.8 N W96
0029P C2014 08 29.02076 15 27 11.64 -27 35 44.7 16.8 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 25 x 120s Moon elongation 44 ° Air mass 1.13 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 29 21h05m42s Observation modification date 2014 Aug 29 21h06m33s