C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12976)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Nov 22 05h47 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 10.6 Aperture radius used for m1 0.34 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.3 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 2.34 ' Afrho 2257 cm Afrho error 45 cm r (dist/Sun) 1.645 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.238 AU Right ascension 07 53 18.77 h m s Declination -44 37 03.0 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.11.22
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 11 22.24120 07 53 18.77 -44 37 03.0 12.3 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 22.25190 07 53 17.91 -44 37 02.7 12.3 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 22.26336 07 53 16.93 -44 37 02.7 12.3 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 22.28089 07 53 15.45 -44 37 02.8 12.3 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 22.28777 07 53 14.87 -44 37 02.7 12.3 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) I Bessel Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 54 x 60s Moon elongation 96 ° Air mass 1.27 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Nov 22 08h49m57s Observation modification date 2014 Nov 22 08h51m17s