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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 31 23h47 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.099 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.948 AU
Right ascension16 09 15.58 h m s
Declination-28 25 31.2 ° ' "
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 2014.11.31
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 10 31.99064 16 09 15.58 -28 25 31.2          17.0 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 10 31.99980 16 09 16.04 -28 25 31.8          16.9 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 details15 x 60s
Moon elongation74 °
Air mass3.80
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Nov 01 11h38m25s
Observation modification date2014 Nov 01 11h39m14s

(Record n° 12873)

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