C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12362)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Aug 22 08h24 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.5 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 2.583 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.768 AU Right ascension 06 55 09.79 h m s Declination -41 40 28.8 ° ' " 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 2014.08.22
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 08 22.35013 06 55 09.79 -41 40 28.8 15.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 08 22.35723 06 55 10.48 -41 40 28.3 15.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 08 22.36522 06 55 11.22 -41 40 27.3 15.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 08 22.37638 06 55 12.19 -41 40 26.8 15.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 08 22.38450 06 55 12.92 -41 40 26.0 15.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 08 22.39614 06 55 14.03 -41 40 25.2 15.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 08 22.40436 06 55 14.72 -41 40 24.5 15.4 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 08 22.41574 06 55 15.77 -41 40 23.7 15.5 N 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 70 x 45s Moon elongation 59 ° Air mass 2.29 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 22 12h30m26s Observation modification date 2014 Aug 22 12h31m04s