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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 02 09h05 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.4
Aperture radius used for m22.07 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.073 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.663 AU
Right ascension17 29 13.34 h m s
Declination-30 23 19.0 ° ' "
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 2015.02.02 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 02 02.37831 17 29 13.34 -30 23 19.0          18.4 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 02 02.38572 17 29 13.68 -30 23 19.1          18.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details13 x 80s
Moon elongation146 °
Air mass2.14
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 02 11h10m32s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 04 14h00m07s

(Record n° 13365)

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