29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14537)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Sep 30 23h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 3.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.004 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.159 AU Right ascension 17 26 58.67 h m s Declination -29 09 35.4 ° ' " 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 2015.09.30 and 10.01
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 09 30.99652 17 26 58.67 -29 09 35.4 15.0 N W96
0029P C2015 10 01.01757 17 26 59.26 -29 09 33.6 14.9 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 12 x 150s Moon elongation 144 ° Air mass 1.20 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 Oct 01 03h26m12s Observation modification date 2015 Oct 01 03h27m03s