C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13115)
Orbital period : 14154.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 22 05h56 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 7.9 Aperture radius used for m1 0.65 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 10.7 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 5.25 ' Afrho 4901 cm Afrho error 113 cm r (dist/Sun) 1.417 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.627 AU Right ascension 06 09 54.39 h m s Declination -34 35 41.1 ° ' " 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 2014.12.22
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 12 22.24693 06 09 54.39 -34 35 41.1 10.7 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 22.25277 06 09 52.22 -34 35 18.7 10.7 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 22.25884 06 09 49.97 -34 34 55.2 10.6 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 50 x 15s Moon elongation 127 ° Air mass 1.06 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 22 07h55m08s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 22 08h34m41s