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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 24 02h03 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.023 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.209 AU
Right ascension17 19 54.15 h m s
Declination-30 49 54.0 ° ' "
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 2015.07.24
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 07 24.08527 17 19 54.15 -30 49 54.0          12.3 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 24.13045 17 19 53.32 -30 49 49.1          12.2 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 24.17745 17 19 52.41 -30 49 44.5          12.3 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 24.22433 17 19 51.52 -30 49 39.4          12.2 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 24.27450 17 19 50.61 -30 49 34.3          12.2 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 details100 x 120s
Moon elongation53 °
Air mass1.01
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 24 12h43m55s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 24 12h45m20s

(Record n° 14185)

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