C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12773)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 18 07h50 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.982 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.930 AU Right ascension 08 00 04.09 h m s Declination -42 57 16.0 ° ' " 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 2014.10.18 09:25:59
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 10 18.32663 08 00 04.09 -42 57 16.0 13.7 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 10 18.36018 08 00 05.23 -42 57 23.6 13.8 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 Motorization Yes Autoguide No Exposure details 21x120 Air mass 1.3 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 18 11h28m43s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 18 11h59m23s