C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13068)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 16 04h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 11 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " r (dist/Sun) 1.456 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.736 AU Right ascension 06 43 25.92 h m s Declination -39 34 48.7 ° ' " 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 16.18067 06 43 25.92 -39 34 48.7 11.0 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 16.18945 06 43 23.27 -39 34 30.1 11.0 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 16.20590 06 43 18.30 -39 33 53.8 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) RGB Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 3 x (3 x 30s) Moon elongation 87 ° Air mass 1.08 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 10h22m42s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 16 10h23m47s