29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 15254)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2016 Mar 09 09h14 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierNuclear magnitude (m2) 17.2 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 6.2 " r (dist/Sun) 5.957 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.427 AU Right ascension 19 33 55.62 h m s Declination -26 03 18.3 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.03.09
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2016 03 09.38447 19 33 55.62 -26 03 18.3 17.3 N W96
0029P C2016 03 09.40457 19 33 56.36 -26 03 16.4 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 -20 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA 200 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 12 x 120s Moon elongation 63 ° Air mass 1.58 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro d'Atacama Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix Observation submission date 2016 Mar 09 10h54m01s Observation modification date 2016 Mar 10 11h23m57s