C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12910)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Nov 12 07h48 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.6 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " Coma diameter 6.50 ' r (dist/Sun) 1.736 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.447 AU Right ascension 08 02 21.43 h m s Declination -44 24 01.6 ° ' " 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 2014.11.12 09:44:15
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 11 12.32501 08 02 21.43 -44 24 01.6 12.6 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 12.36731 08 02 19.96 -44 24 08.2 12.6 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 29x2mn Moon phase 90 ° Air mass 1.3 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Acatama W96 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/ Observation submission date 2014 Nov 12 10h47m14s Observation modification date 2014 Nov 12 18h03m17s