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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 11 05h59 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.4
Aperture radius used for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.491 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.836 AU
Right ascension07 05 24.95 h m s
Declination-41 57 22.8 ° ' "
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 2014.12.11 15:46:20
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 11.24958 07 05 24.95 -41 57 22.8          11.4 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 11.26441 07 05 21.29 -41 57 02.9          11.4 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
Moon phase90 °
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 Dec 11 16h48m39s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 11 18h27m35s

(Record n° 13043)

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