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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

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 deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.115 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.221 AU
Right ascension15 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 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 elongation13 °
Air mass1.15
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Sep 01 03h26m11s
Observation modification date2014 Sep 01 03h26m51s

(Record n° 12438)

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