29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12438)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Aug 31 23h43 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.9 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.8 " r (dist/Sun) 6.115 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.221 AU Right ascension 15 28 28.83 h m s Declination -27 35 28.1 ° ' " 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 2014.08.31 and 09.01
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 08 31.98800 15 28 28.83 -27 35 28.1 16.8 N W96
0029P C2014 09 01.02594 15 28 29.80 -27 35 27.3 17.0 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 20 X 120s Moon elongation 13 ° Air mass 1.15 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 Sep 01 03h26m11s Observation modification date 2014 Sep 01 03h26m51s