29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13888)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 May 19 05h25 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.9 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " Coma diameter 1.30 ' r (dist/Sun) 6.043 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.157 AU Right ascension 17 50 45.18 h m s Declination -31 47 36.5 ° ' " 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 2015.05.19 13:46:48
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 05 19.22550 17 50 45.18 -31 47 36.5 15.8 N W96
0029P C2015 05 19.24519 17 50 44.69 -31 47 35.9 15.9 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 QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Exposure details 20x2mn Moon phase 180 ° Air mass 1.01 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Acatama W96 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/ Observation submission date 2015 May 19 15h50m10s Observation modification date 2015 May 19 20h31m51s