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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 12 06h26 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.2 "
Coma diameter0.67 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.045 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.222 AU
Right ascension17 53 18.84 h m s
Declination-31 45 21.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.12 11:45:25
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 05 12.26794 17 53 18.84 -31 45 21.7          13.6 N      W96
0029P         C2015 05 12.28224 17 53 18.56 -31 45 22.6          13.5 N      W96
Instrument400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Exposure details20x1mn
Air mass1.00
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2015 May 12 13h48m45s
Observation modification date2015 May 12 17h35m46s

(Record n° 13843)

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