C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13040)
Orbital period : 14154.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 11 03h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 10.9 m2 standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " r (dist/Sun) 1.491 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.836 AU Right ascension 07 05 45.52 h m s Declination -41 59 13.6 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.12.11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 12 11.16529 07 05 45.52 -41 59 13.6 10.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 11.17358 07 05 43.52 -41 59 03.1 11.2 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 11.18902 07 05 39.77 -41 58 42.9 11.1 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 3x(10x60s) Moon elongation 60 ° Air mass 1.22 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 11 06h30m18s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 11 06h31m11s