29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12662)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Sep 30 00h19 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.9 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.107 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.641 AU Right ascension 15 44 55.43 h m s Declination -27 48 31.6 ° ' " 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 2014.09.30
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 09 30.01309 15 44 55.43 -27 48 31.6 16.9 N W96
0029P KC2014 09 30.03448 15 44 56.23 -27 48 32.3 16.9 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 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 60s Moon elongation 17 ° Air mass 2.06 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 30 13h48m55s Observation modification date 2014 Sep 30 14h20m03s