C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12959)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Nov 20 07h47 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.5 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " Coma diameter 5 ' Tail position angle
(PA) 305 ° r (dist/Sun) 1.663 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.280 AU Right ascension 07 55 41.90 h m s Declination -44 36 58.3 ° ' " 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 2014.11.20 10:31:47
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 11 20.32411 07 55 41.90 -44 36 58.3 12.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 20.35187 07 55 39.83 -44 36 59.0 12.5 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 -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20x2mn Moon phase 180 ° Air mass 1.2 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 20 14h27m41s Observation modification date 2014 Nov 20 18h02m33s