29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13826)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 May 09 05h09 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 11 Aperture radius used for m1 0.13 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.4 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 0.4 ' Afrho 218423 cm Afrho error 1843 cm r (dist/Sun) 6.045 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.254 AU Right ascension 17 54 17.01 h m s Declination -31 43 59.3 ° ' " 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 2015.05.09
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 05 09.21483 17 54 17.01 -31 43 59.3 13.3 N W96
0029P C2015 05 09.28031 17 54 15.74 -31 44 01.9 13.4 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) I Bessel Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 4x4 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 10 x 60s Moon elongation 25 ° Air mass 1.02 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.38 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 May 09 09h17m34s Observation modification date 2015 May 09 10h27m27s