C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12983)
Orbital period : 14154.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Nov 23 06h57 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.2 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 9.40 ' r (dist/Sun) 1.637 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.217 AU Right ascension 07 51 51.23 h m s Declination -44 36 26.1 ° ' " 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 2014.11.23
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 11 23.28961 07 51 51.23 -44 36 26.1 12.2 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 23.30032 07 51 50.28 -44 36 25.6 12.2 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 15 x 60s Moon elongation 103 ° Air mass 1.12 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Nov 23 11h06m41s Observation modification date 2014 Nov 23 11h25m56s