29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12552)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Sep 16 23h46 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.7 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.111 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.455 AU Right ascension 15 36 44.22 h m s Declination -27 39 25.3 ° ' " 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 2014.09.16 and 17
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 09 16.99032 15 36 44.22 -27 39 25.3 16.8 N W96
0029P C2014 09 17.01699 15 36 45.19 -27 39 26.1 16.7 N W96
0029P C2014 09 17.04617 15 36 46.13 -27 39 27.4 16.7 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 1x1 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 120s Moon elongation 142 ° Air mass 1.40 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 17 04h25m04s Observation modification date 2014 Sep 17 04h25m47s