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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 04 08h05 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.072 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.638 AU
Right ascension17 30 37.98 h m s
Declination-30 25 13.5 ° ' "
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 2015.02.04 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 02 04.33694 17 30 37.98 -30 25 13.5          14.0 N      W96
0029P         C2015 02 04.35997 17 30 38.97 -30 25 14.4          14.0 N      W96
0029P         C2015 02 04.38571 17 30 40.13 -30 25 15.8          13.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details14 x 80s
Moon elongation124 °
Air mass1.74
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 04 13h43m36s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 04 13h44m42s

(Record n° 13370)

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