C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13140)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 23 05h24 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 10.5 Aperture radius used for m2 7.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.411 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.611 AU Right ascension 06 03 52.38 h m s Declination -33 30 24.2 ° ' " 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 2014.12.23 08:41:55
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 12 23.22488 06 03 52.38 -33 30 24.2 10.5 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 23.23396 06 03 48.89 -33 29 46.1 10.5 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 No Autoguide Yes Exposure details 1x1mn Moon phase 180 ° Air mass 1.05 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro Atacama Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/ Observation submission date 2014 Dec 23 09h43m45s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 23 16h27m28s