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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 14 00h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.103 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.799 AU
Right ascension15 54 56.26 h m s
Declination-28 02 45.8 ° ' "
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 2014.10.14 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 10 14.01032 15 54 56.26 -28 02 45.8          16.6 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 10 14.02484 15 54 56.90 -28 02 46.0          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 details30 x 60s
Moon elongation149 °
Air mass2.79
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 14 10h09m11s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 14 10h12m57s

(Record n° 12740)

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