C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12725)
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 m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.054 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.052 AU Right ascension 07 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 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30x2mn Moon phase 180 ° Air mass 1.23 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 Oct 11 12h17m47s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 11 13h18m30s