C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12751)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 16 07h00 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.9 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 2.002 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.965 AU Right ascension 07 58 50.30 h m s Declination -42 50 05.5 ° ' " 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 2014.10.16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 10 16.29184 07 58 50.30 -42 50 05.5 13.9 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 10 16.30273 07 58 50.70 -42 50 08.1 13.7 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 10 16.32201 07 58 51.39 -42 50 12.3 13.9 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 10 16.33562 07 58 51.90 -42 50 14.8 13.9 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 QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 18 x 60s Moon elongation 58 ° Air mass 1.60 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Oct 16 10h44m08s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 16 11h50m21s