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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

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 deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.654 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.259 AU
Right ascension07 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      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
AutoguideYes
Exposure details65x30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.04 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2014 Nov 21 15h39m43s
Observation modification date2014 Nov 21 17h43m02s

(Record n° 12969)

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