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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 20 05h49 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.9
m2 standard deviation0.5
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter50 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.025 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.172 AU
Right ascension17 21 09.43 h m s
Declination-30 56 24.0 ° ' "
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 2015.07.20 11:48:07
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 07 20.24227 17 21 09.43 -30 56 24.0          15.7 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 07 20.24227 17 21 09.51 -30 56 25.2          15.4 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 07 20.27145 17 21 08.72 -30 56 20.4          16.5 N      W96
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 details16x120sec
Moon phase180 °
Air mass1.4
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 Jul 20 13h50m32s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 20 17h31m00s

(Record n° 14154)

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