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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Apr 14 07h01 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m23.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.053 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.580 AU
Right ascension17 58 04.34 h m s
Declination-31 26 48.1 ° ' "
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 2015.04.14 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 04 14.29223 17 58 04.34 -31 26 48.1          17.0 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 14.33230 17 58 04.32 -31 26 50.0          17.2 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-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 120s
Moon elongation54 °
Air mass1.14
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Apr 14 15h03m43s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 14 15h08m07s

(Record n° 13669)

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