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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 09 07h18 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.506 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.877 AU
Right ascension07 12 49.66 h m s
Declination-42 36 22.1 ° ' "
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 2014.12.09 09:44:02
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 09.30422 07 12 49.66 -42 36 22.1          11.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 09.32828 07 12 44.29 -42 35 55.8          11.6 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 details100x15s
Moon phase0 °
Air mass1.8
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Image processingmoyenne
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2014 Dec 09 10h47m49s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 09 18h09m05s

(Record n° 13035)

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