29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14292)
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 deviation 0.3 Aperture radius used for m2 5.1 " r (dist/Sun) 6.016 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.522 AU Right ascension 17 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 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 -35 °C Binning 3x3 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 13 x 180s Moon elongation 66 ° Air mass 1.85 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Aug 19 08h16m33s Observation modification date 2015 Aug 19 08h17m37s