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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Oct 13 23h49 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.897 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.845 AU
Right ascension19 19 35.40 h m s
Declination-24 36 16.3 ° ' "
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/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.10.13 and 14
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 10 13.99243 19 19 35.40 -24 36 16.3          17.5 N      W96
0029P         C2016 10 14.06450 19 19 36.77 -24 36 09.2          17.3 N      W96
0029P         C2016 10 14.13530 19 19 38.18 -24 36 02.7          17.5 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details5 x 60s
Moon elongation62 °
Air mass1.06
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro D'Atacama Chli
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Oct 14 05h35m50s
Observation modification date2016 Oct 14 05h45m47s

(Record n° 16332)

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