C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 12982)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Nov 23 06h05 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 10.6 Aperture radius used for m1 0.35 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.2 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 2.11 ' Afrho 2173 cm Afrho error 44 cm r (dist/Sun) 1.637 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.217 AU Right ascension 07 51 54.49 h m s Declination -44 36 27.6 ° ' " 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 2014.11.23
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 11 23.25343 07 51 54.49 -44 36 27.6 12.2 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 23.26412 07 51 53.54 -44 36 27.3 12.2 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 11 23.27558 07 51 52.50 -44 36 26.8 12.2 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 30 x 60s Moon elongation 103 ° Air mass 1.21 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 23 11h06m11s Observation modification date 2014 Nov 23 11h08m44s