Home

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 11 05h56 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.054 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.052 AU
Right ascension07 55 18.08 h m s
Declination-42 33 13.5 ° ' "
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 2014.10.11 10:14:41
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 11.24730 07 55 18.08 -42 33 13.5          14.1 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 11.29542 07 55 20.29 -42 33 23.4          14.1 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-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30x2mn
Moon phase180 °
Air mass1.23
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 Oct 11 12h17m47s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 11 13h18m30s

(Record n° 12725)

Home