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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

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 m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.095 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.119 AU
Right ascension07 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 typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details38 x 60s
Moon elongation113 °
Air mass1.29
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 07 11h47m47s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 07 11h57m17s

(Record n° 12705)

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