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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Jan 09 08h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.4
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.172 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.744 AU
Right ascension15 34 34.64 h m s
Declination-27 59 00.3 ° ' "
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 2014.01.09 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 01 09.34361 15 34 34.64 -27 59 00.3          17.3 N      W96
0029P         C2014 01 09.34652 15 34 34.73 -27 59 00.7          17.6 N      W96
0029P         C2014 01 09.36299 15 34 35.39 -27 59 03.9          17.2 N      W96
0029P         C2014 01 09.37320 15 34 35.79 -27 59 05.5          17.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY 9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details14 x 120s
Moon elongation153 °
Air mass2.33
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Jan 09 11h20m13s
Observation modification date2014 Jan 09 11h21m12s

(Record n° 10942)

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