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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Aug 19 04h23 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.1
m2 standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius used for m25.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.016 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.522 AU
Right ascension17 15 52.23 h m s
Declination-30 05 35.0 ° ' "
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 2015.08.19 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 08 19.18284 17 15 52.23 -30 05 35.0          16.8 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 08 19.21780 17 15 52.24 -30 05 31.2          17.3 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
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details13 x 180s
Moon elongation66 °
Air mass1.85
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Aug 19 08h16m33s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 19 08h17m37s

(Record n° 14292)

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