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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

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 m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.456 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.736 AU
Right ascension06 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 typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure details100x15s
Air mass1.8
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2014 Dec 16 10h04m01s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 17 17h13m46s

(Record n° 13066)

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