C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13041)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 11 04h43 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 9.1 Aperture radius used for m1 0.51 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 11.3 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 5.50 ' Afrho 3288 cm Afrho error 66 cm r (dist/Sun) 1.491 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.836 AU Right ascension 07 05 37.94 h m s Declination -41 58 33.1 ° ' " 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 2014.12.11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 12 11.19647 07 05 37.94 -41 58 33.1 11.3 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 11.21099 07 05 34.40 -41 58 14.1 11.3 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 x 60s Moon elongation 60 ° Air mass 1.12 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 Dec 11 06h34m54s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 12 02h42m38s