29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12721)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 11 00h37 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.5 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.104 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.768 AU Right ascension 15 52 42.61 h m s Declination -27 59 24.9 ° ' " 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 2014.10.11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 10 11.02588 15 52 42.61 -27 59 24.9 16.5 N W96
0029P KC2014 10 11.04286 15 52 43.34 -27 59 25.5 16.5 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 -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 x 60s Moon elongation 165 ° Air mass 2.62 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Oct 11 04h43m01s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 11 12h38m44s