C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12572)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Sep 20 08h00 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.274 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.385 AU Right ascension 07 34 42.82 h m s Declination -41 42 18.3 ° ' " 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 2014.09.20 09:25:51
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 09 20.33348 07 34 42.82 -41 42 18.3 14.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 09 20.36180 07 34 44.74 -41 42 20.9 14.6 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Autoguide Yes Exposure details 33x1mn Air mass 2.5 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro Atacama Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/ Observation submission date 2014 Sep 20 11h29m24s Observation modification date 2014 Sep 21 18h12m36s