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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

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 m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.891 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.764 AU
Right ascension08 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 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
MotorizationNo
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30x2mn
Moon phase0 °
Air mass2.2
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 27 12h54m10s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 27 13h00m03s

(Record n° 12826)

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