29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14394)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Sep 08 23h28 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 3.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.010 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.820 AU Right ascension 17 18 38.81 h m s Declination -29 34 58.1 ° ' " 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 2015.09.08 and 09
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 09 08.97794 17 18 38.81 -29 34 58.1 17.7 N W96
0029P C2015 09 09.02902 17 18 39.58 -29 34 54.0 17.9 N W96
0029P C2015 09 09.08171 17 18 40.39 -29 34 50.0 17.8 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 -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 35 x 180s Moon elongation 141 ° Air mass 1.02 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 Sep 09 10h54m30s Observation modification date 2015 Sep 09 10h55m05s