C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13095)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 19 23h59 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 7.4 Aperture radius used for m1 1 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 10.5 Aperture radius used for m2 36.6 " Coma diameter 2 ' Tail length 1 ° r (dist/Sun) 1.436 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.680 AU Right ascension 06 23 08.19 h m s Declination -36 46 22.7 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/2.1 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.12.20 02:29:31
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
CK14Q020 C2014 12 19.99963 06 23 08.19 -36 46 22.7 10.5 N A77
CK14Q020 C2014 12 20.00669 06 23 05.83 -36 45 58.3 10.5 N A77
CK14Q020 C2014 12 20.02568 06 22 59.47 -36 45 06.0 7.4 T A77
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 420 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.1 Filter(s) R (RGB) Camera ST8300 Sensor CCD Sensor size 18x24 mm2 Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount HEQ5pro Exposure total time 90 s Air mass 5.8 Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 5.3 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Dec 20 03h38m49s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 20 03h44m07s