29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14030)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Jun 21 06h36 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.8 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.033 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.028 AU Right ascension 17 34 24.53 h m s Declination -31 35 57.4 ° ' " 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 2015.06.21 07:25:50
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 06 21.27500 17 34 24.53 -31 35 57.4 16.8 N W96
0029P C2015 06 21.29543 17 34 23.85 -31 35 56.1 16.8 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 15 x 120s Moon elongation 119 ° Air mass 1.19 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 Jun 21 09h39m33s Observation modification date 2015 Jun 21 09h40m07s