29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14405)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Sep 09 23h34 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.3 m2 standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.010 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.835 AU Right ascension 17 18 54.68 h m s Declination -29 33 39.5 ° ' " 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 2015.09.09 and 10
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 09 09.98218 17 18 54.68 -29 33 39.5 17.6 N W96
0029P C2015 09 10.02023 17 18 55.28 -29 33 36.3 17.0 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 16 x 180s Moon elongation 130 ° Air mass 1.03 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 10 08h57m22s Observation modification date 2015 Sep 10 08h57m56s