29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12757)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 16 23h36 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.103 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.820 AU Right ascension 15 57 12.25 h m s Declination -28 06 14.7 ° ' " 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 2014.10.16 and 17
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 10 16.98319 15 57 12.25 -28 06 14.7 17.1 N W96
0029P KC2014 10 17.01369 15 57 13.64 -28 06 16.3 17.2 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 36 x 60s Moon elongation 115 ° Air mass 2.22 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 17 02h51m08s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 17 02h51m57s