C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13016)
Orbital period : 14154.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 02 05h22 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 10 Aperture radius used for m1 0.47 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 11.8 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 3.55 ' Afrho 2390 cm Afrho error 53 cm r (dist/Sun) 1.561 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.025 AU Right ascension 07 34 27.59 h m s Declination -44 02 54.2 ° ' " 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 2014.12.02
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 12 02.22339 07 34 27.59 -44 02 54.2 11.8 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 02.23410 07 34 25.91 -44 02 49.8 11.8 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 02.24555 07 34 24.15 -44 02 44.6 11.8 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) I Bessel Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 60s Moon elongation 101 ° Air mass 1.18 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 Dec 02 13h27m19s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 02 13h33m48s