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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

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 deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m23.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.010 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.820 AU
Right ascension17 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 typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details35 x 180s
Moon elongation141 °
Air mass1.02
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Sep 09 10h54m30s
Observation modification date2015 Sep 09 10h55m05s

(Record n° 14394)

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