29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14519)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Sep 28 00h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.004 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.129 AU Right ascension 17 25 33.07 h m s Declination -29 12 38.4 ° ' " 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 2015.09.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 09 28.00154 17 25 33.07 -29 12 38.4 13.1 N W96
0029P C2015 09 28.02092 17 25 33.62 -29 12 37.3 13.1 N W96
0029P C2015 09 28.04646 17 25 34.27 -29 12 35.5 13.1 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) R (RGB) Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 x 180s Moon elongation 101 ° Air mass 1.19 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 28 04h37m31s Observation modification date 2015 Sep 28 04h39m25s