29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12713)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 09 00h08 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.105 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.746 AU Right ascension 15 51 13.71 h m s Declination -27 57 13.4 ° ' " 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 2014.10.09
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 10 09.00590 15 51 13.71 -27 57 13.4 16.3 N W96
0029P KC2014 10 09.01965 15 51 14.30 -27 57 14.5 16.3 N W96
0029P KC2014 10 09.03417 15 51 14.93 -27 57 15.2 16.1 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 40 x 60s Moon elongation 141 ° Air mass 2.36 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 Oct 09 11h27m05s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 09 12h17m13s