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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 25 23h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.023 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.218 AU
Right ascension17 19 20.75 h m s
Declination-30 46 40.6 ° ' "
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 2015.07.25 and 26
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 07 25.96867 17 19 20.75 -30 46 40.6          12.5 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 26.01408 17 19 19.96 -30 46 35.7          12.5 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 26.06107 17 19 19.09 -30 46 31.7          12.3 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 26.08108 17 19 18.78 -30 46 29.7          12.4 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 26.12939 17 19 17.90 -30 46 24.1          12.5 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 26.18115 17 19 17.00 -30 46 18.5          12.6 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
Moon elongation30 °
Air mass1.19
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 26 09h51m10s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 26 09h51m44s

(Record n° 14191)

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