C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13024)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 03 06h22 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 11.8 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.553 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.004 AU Right ascension 07 31 45.57 h m s Declination -43 54 28.8 ° ' " 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 2014.12.03 09:05:05
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 12 03.26548 07 31 45.57 -43 54 28.8 11.8 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 03.27848 07 31 43.43 -43 54 22.1 11.8 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 7.2 Filter(s) None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Autoguide Yes Moon phase 90 ° Air mass 1.1 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro Atacama Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/ Observation submission date 2014 Dec 03 16h59m02s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 03 17h18m51s