C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13017)
Orbital period : 14154.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 02 06h22 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 11.7 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " r (dist/Sun) 1.561 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.025 AU Right ascension 07 34 21.01 h m s Declination -44 02 35.7 ° ' " 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 02.26555 07 34 21.01 -44 02 35.7 11.7 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 02.27338 07 34 19.85 -44 02 32.3 11.7 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 02.28143 07 34 18.56 -44 02 28.4 11.7 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) RGB Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 3x(10x60s) 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 13h28m50s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 02 13h35m21s