C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13165)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 25 21h56 UT by Hubert BoussierNuclear magnitude (m2) 9.8 r (dist/Sun) 1.399 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.579 AU Right ascension 05 46 30.49 h m s Declination -30 01 26.6 ° ' " MPC report COD K21
CON Hubert Boussier [astrild@orange.fr]
OBS H. Boussier
MEA H. Boussier
TEL 0.127-m f/10 Schimidt-Cassegrain f/7.3 focal reducer+CCD ST7XME
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.12.25 23:06:25
AC2 astrild@orange.fr
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 KC2014 12 25.91421 05 46 30.49 -30 01 26.6 9.8 N K21
CK14Q020 KC2014 12 25.92102 05 46 27.73 -30 00 51.3 9.9 N K21
CK14Q020 KC2014 12 25.92771 05 46 25.06 -30 00 17.5 9.8 N K21
CK14Q020 KC2014 12 25.93384 05 46 22.61 -29 59 45.7 9.8 N K21
Instrument type Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 127 mm Instrument focale length 1270 mm Instrument focale/diameter 10 Filter(s) L Camera SBIG ST7-XME Sensor CCD Sensor size 6.9x4.6 mm2 Sensor pixels number 765x510 Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 1x1 Mount SPHINX VIXEN Motorization Yes Autoguide Yes Sky transparency (naked eye max mag) 3 Seeing 1 Moon phase 0 ° Air mass 38 Observatory MPC code K21 Location St Saturnin les Avignon Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Remarks or comments Fort Mistral Observation submission date 2014 Dec 26 00h17m15s