C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12826)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 27 06h06 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.5 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.891 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.764 AU Right ascension 08 03 54.87 h m s Declination -43 30 08.6 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G Bosch
MEA J.-G Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.10.27 10:28:59
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 10 27.25440 08 03 54.87 -43 30 08.6 13.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 10 27.29670 08 03 55.51 -43 30 19.0 13.5 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 No Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30x2mn Moon phase 0 ° Air mass 2.2 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 27 12h54m10s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 27 13h00m03s