29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13704)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Apr 19 05h06 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.7 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 2.7 " r (dist/Sun) 6.051 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.507 AU Right ascension 17 57 56.42 h m s Declination -31 30 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 2015.04.19
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 04 19.21253 17 57 56.42 -31 30 48.1 18.8 N W96
0029P KC2015 04 19.25800 17 57 56.22 -31 30 51.0 18.5 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 120s Moon elongation 124 ° Air mass 1.54 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 Apr 19 13h44m11s Observation modification date 2015 Apr 19 13h49m05s