29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13802)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 May 05 07h12 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.5 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 2.7 " r (dist/Sun) 6.047 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.298 AU Right ascension 17 55 22.32 h m s Declination -31 41 57.0 ° ' " 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 2015.05.05
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 05 05.29999 17 55 22.32 -31 41 57.0 18.3 N W96
0029P KC2015 05 05.32188 17 55 22.03 -31 41 57.6 18.6 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 15 x 120s Moon elongation 33 ° Air mass 1.01 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 May 05 10h18m02s Observation modification date 2015 May 05 10h18m38s