C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13070)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 17 07h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 8.7 Aperture radius used for m1 0.58 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 11 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 5.20 ' Afrho 3415 cm Afrho error 18 cm r (dist/Sun) 1.449 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.717 AU Right ascension 06 37 36.72 h m s Declination -38 50 17.8 ° ' " 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 2014.12.17
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 12 17.32983 06 37 36.72 -38 50 17.8 11.0 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 17.33567 06 37 34.88 -38 50 03.5 10.9 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 17.34192 06 37 32.91 -38 49 48.0 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 -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 30s Moon elongation 96 ° Air mass 1.22 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 17 10h02m51s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 17 10h56m59s