29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13569)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Mar 29 07h44 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.5 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 3.4 " r (dist/Sun) 6.057 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.829 AU Right ascension 17 56 22.79 h m s Declination -31 12 59.0 ° ' " 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 2015.03.29
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 03 29.32188 17 56 22.79 -31 12 59.0 17.5 N W96
0029P KC2015 03 29.36087 17 56 23.22 -31 13 02.4 17.4 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 -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 15 x 120s Moon elongation 146 ° Air mass 1.19 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Mar 29 12h36m46s Observation modification date 2015 Mar 29 12h37m52s