C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13064)
Orbital period : 14154.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 16 05h03 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 8.6 Aperture radius used for m1 0.56 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 11 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Afrho 4014 cm Afrho error 21 cm r (dist/Sun) 1.456 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.736 AU Right ascension 06 43 16.96 h m s Declination -39 33 43.9 ° ' " 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 2014.12.16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 12 16.21029 06 43 16.96 -39 33 43.9 10.9 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 16.21613 06 43 15.20 -39 33 31.2 11.0 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 16.22238 06 43 13.30 -39 33 17.3 11.0 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 30 x 30s Moon elongation 87 ° Air mass 1.05 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 16 07h12m03s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 16 09h34m25s