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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 13 00h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.104 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.789 AU
Right ascension15 54 11.17 h m s
Declination-28 01 37.3 ° ' "
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 2014.10.13 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 10 13.01054 15 54 11.17 -28 01 37.3          16.8 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 10 13.03079 15 54 12.05 -28 01 37.6          16.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 60s
Moon elongation160 °
Air mass2.79
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 13 03h14m43s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 13 03h17m07s

(Record n° 12734)

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