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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Sep 05 08h50 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.433 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.593 AU
Right ascension07 15 33.73 h m s
Declination-41 30 20.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.09.05 14:10:14
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 05.36794 07 15 33.73 -41 30 20.7          15.0 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 05.39672 07 15 36.08 -41 30 21.0          15.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
AutoguideYes
Exposure details46x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, add), Iris (levels, crop)
Observation submission date2014 Sep 05 14h17m17s
Observation modification date2014 Sep 05 22h15m08s

(Record n° 12487)

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