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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Sep 06 06h54 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.423 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.580 AU
Right ascension07 16 49.40 h m s
Declination-41 30 24.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G Bosch
MEA J.-G Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.09.06 10:19:36
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 06.28758 07 16 49.40 -41 30 24.5          15.0 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 06.33345 07 16 53.15 -41 30 25.7          15.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure details42x1mn
Air mass2.5
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2014 Sep 06 13h40m42s
Observation modification date2014 Sep 06 21h53m46s

(Record n° 12500)

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