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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 10 01h39 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.120 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.899 AU
Right ascension15 21 01.64 h m s
Declination-27 45 57.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.08.10 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 08 10.06853 15 21 01.64 -27 45 57.4          17.0 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 08 10.10362 15 21 02.11 -27 45 55.0          17.0 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 08 10.14516 15 21 02.65 -27 45 51.9          17.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details45 x 120s
Moon elongation73 °
Air mass1.30
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 10 05h52m04s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 10 05h53m09s

(Record n° 12298)

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