29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14502)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Sep 24 23h56 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.9 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.005 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.068 AU Right ascension 17 24 12.31 h m s Declination -29 15 50.0 ° ' " 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 2015.09.24 and 25
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 09 24.99746 17 24 12.31 -29 15 50.0 13.8 N W96
0029P C2015 09 25.04181 17 24 13.47 -29 15 46.6 14.0 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) R (RGB) Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 10 x 180s Moon elongation 56 ° Air mass 1.15 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Sep 25 09h10m39s Observation modification date 2015 Sep 25 09h11m55s