29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 9914)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Aug 16 23h37 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.4 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 4.8 " r (dist/Sun) 6.201 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.479 AU Right ascension 13 48 56.98 h m s Declination -20 47 45.0 ° ' " 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 2013.08.16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2013 08 16.98393 13 48 56.98 -20 47 45.0 17.5 N W96
0029P KC2013 08 17.01969 13 48 58.06 -20 47 48.3 17.2 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 QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 3326 x 2504 Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 X 120s Moon elongation 56 ° Air mass 1.23 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2013 Aug 17 12h02m59s Observation modification date 2013 Aug 17 12h07m12s