P/2014 L2 (NEOWISE) (Record n° 12179)
Orbital period : 15.83 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Jul 28 05h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " r (dist/Sun) 2.238 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.481 AU Right ascension 23 55 46.01 h m s Declination -01 35 30.4 ° ' " 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 2014.07.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
PK14L020 C2014 07 28.22904 23 55 46.01 -01 35 30.4 16.1 N W96
PK14L020 C2014 07 28.26304 23 55 47.09 -01 35 30.5 16.1 N W96
PK14L020 C2014 07 28.30238 23 55 48.36 -01 35 30.4 16.1 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 38 x 120s Moon elongation 140 ° Air mass 1.37 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Jul 28 10h08m53s Observation modification date 2014 Jul 28 11h10m44s