29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13764)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Apr 24 05h14 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.6 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 2.7 " r (dist/Sun) 6.050 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.437 AU Right ascension 17 57 29.10 h m s Declination -31 34 39.4 ° ' " 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 2015.04.24
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 04 24.21799 17 57 29.10 -31 34 39.4 17.8 N W96
0029P KC2015 04 24.24296 17 57 28.91 -31 34 40.0 17.5 N W96
0029P KC2015 04 24.26886 17 57 28.69 -31 34 41.1 17.8 N W96
0029P KC2015 04 24.33871 17 57 28.17 -31 34 44.0 17.4 N W96
0029P KC2015 04 24.38728 17 57 27.73 -31 34 46.2 17.5 N W96
0029P KC2015 04 24.41376 17 57 27.47 -31 34 47.8 17.8 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 161 ° 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 24 12h12m41s Observation modification date 2015 Apr 24 12h13m27s