C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12515)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Sep 08 08h21 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 2.401 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.553 AU Right ascension 07 19 36.59 h m s Declination -41 30 54.2 ° ' " 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 2014.09.08
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 09 08.34759 07 19 36.59 -41 30 54.2 15.0 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 09 08.35448 07 19 37.10 -41 30 54.2 15.0 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 09 08.36212 07 19 37.73 -41 30 54.6 15.1 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 x 60s Moon elongation 117 ° Air mass 1.84 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 Sep 08 12h03m45s Observation modification date 2014 Sep 08 18h47m23s