29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14555)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Oct 04 23h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.1 " r (dist/Sun) 6.002 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.219 AU Right ascension 17 29 00.93 h m s Declination -29 05 38.6 ° ' " 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 2015.10.04 and 05
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 10 04.99630 17 29 00.93 -29 05 38.6 15.6 N W96
0029P C2015 10 05.03393 17 29 02.07 -29 05 38.3 15.5 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 10 x 180s Moon elongation 157 ° Air mass 1.25 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 05 09h01m45s Observation modification date 2015 Oct 05 09h02m31s