C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13066)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 16 06h03 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 11.1 Aperture radius used for m2 7.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.456 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.736 AU Right ascension 06 43 04.33 h m s Declination -39 32 11.7 ° ' " 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 2014.12.16 09:01:44
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 12 16.25202 06 43 04.33 -39 32 11.7 11.1 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 16.27228 06 42 58.15 -39 31 26.6 11.1 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Autoguide Yes Exposure details 100x15s Air mass 1.8 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Acatama W96 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/ Observation submission date 2014 Dec 16 10h04m01s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 17 17h13m46s