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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

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 m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.931 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.838 AU
Right ascension08 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 typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationNo
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30x2
Air mass1.25
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2014 Oct 23 14h12m33s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 23 17h48m54s

(Record n° 12799)

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