29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14554)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Oct 03 23h57 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.003 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.204 AU Right ascension 17 28 29.52 h m s Declination -29 06 37.0 ° ' " 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 2015.10.03 and 04
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 10 03.99795 17 28 29.52 -29 06 37.0 15.2 N W96
0029P C2015 10 04.03605 17 28 30.71 -29 06 35.6 15.4 N W96
0029P C2015 10 04.05723 17 28 31.38 -29 06 35.3 15.1 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 15 x 180s Moon elongation 166 ° Air mass 1.25 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 Oct 04 08h49m01s Observation modification date 2015 Oct 04 08h49m50s