C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12705)
Orbital period : 14154.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 07 08h36 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.2 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 2.095 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.119 AU Right ascension 07 52 08.66 h m s Declination -42 21 16.8 ° ' " 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 2014.10.07
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 10 07.35834 07 52 08.66 -42 21 16.8 14.2 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 10 07.37211 07 52 09.33 -42 21 19.7 14.2 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 10 07.38662 07 52 10.05 -42 21 22.4 14.2 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 -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 38 x 60s Moon elongation 113 ° Air mass 1.29 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 Oct 07 11h47m47s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 07 11h57m17s