C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12969)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Nov 21 07h42 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.5 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.654 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.259 AU Right ascension 07 54 29.92 h m s Declination -44 37 12.5 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.11.21 15:35:55
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 11 21.32084 07 54 29.92 -44 37 12.5 12.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 21.35884 07 54 26.92 -44 37 12.6 12.4 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 21.37537 07 54 25.62 -44 37 12.5 12.5 N W96Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 3x3 Mount Paramount Autoguide Yes Exposure details 65x30s Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.04 "/pix Image processing Astrometrica (-dark, add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop) Observation submission date 2014 Nov 21 15h39m43s Observation modification date 2014 Nov 21 17h43m02s