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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Nov 24 06h04 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.1
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
Coma diameter6.2 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.628 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.195 AU
Right ascension07 50 25.23 h m s
Declination-44 35 22.9 ° ' "
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 2014.11.24 14:46:55
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 24.25245 07 50 25.23 -44 35 22.9          12.1 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 24.27385 07 50 23.20 -44 35 21.7          12.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20x1mn
Moon phase180 °
Air mass1.1
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2014 Nov 24 19h15m41s
Observation modification date2014 Nov 24 19h20m39s

(Record n° 12984)

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