C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12799)
Orbital period : 14154.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 23 05h48 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.7 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.931 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.838 AU Right ascension 08 02 31.32 h m s Declination -43 15 09.9 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G Bosch
MEA J.-G Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.10.23 12:08:07
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 KC2014 10 23.24144 08 02 31.32 -43 15 09.9 13.7 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 QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Motorization No Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30x2 Air mass 1.25 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Acatama W96 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/ Observation submission date 2014 Oct 23 14h12m33s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 23 17h48m54s