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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 16 23h46 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.026 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.139 AU
Right ascension17 22 20.25 h m s
Declination-31 01 43.1 ° ' "
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 2015.07.16 and 17
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 07 16.99050 17 22 20.25 -31 01 43.1          15.5 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 17.03652 17 22 19.28 -31 01 40.3          15.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 120s
Air mass1.20
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jul 17 03h35m04s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 17 03h35m37s

(Record n° 14134)

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