C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12342)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Aug 19 09h26 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.5 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 2.615 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.803 AU Right ascension 06 50 36.02 h m s Declination -41 45 25.3 ° ' " 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 2014.08.19
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
TJL005 C2014 08 19.39306 06 50 36.02 -41 45 25.3 15.5 R W96
TJL005 C2014 08 19.39948 06 50 36.59 -41 45 24.9 15.5 R W96
TJL005 C2014 08 19.40836 06 50 37.42 -41 45 24.1 15.5 R W96
TJL005 C2014 08 19.41989 06 50 38.46 -41 45 22.9 15.6 R W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 26 x 60s Moon elongation 65 ° Air mass 1.65 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Aug 20 02h12m26s Observation modification date 2014 Aug 20 02h14m11s