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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 23 23h34 UT by Joel Nicolas


(Copyright Joel Nicolas)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)6.6
Nuclear magnitude (m2)10
Aperture radius used for m211.2 "
Coma diameter7.1 '
Afrho3947 cm
Afrho error119 cm
Afrho URL for more infoCal_Afrho= 4495 cm ; 4856 cm rho=10000km
r (dist/Sun) 1.411 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.611 AU
Right ascension05 59 05.82 h m s
Declination-32 36 14.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON J. NICOLAS [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J. Nicolas
MEA J. Nicolas
TEL 0.41-m f/3.3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.12.27 10:59:01
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 23.98193 05 59 05.82 -32 36 14.3          10.0 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 23.98336 05 59 05.23 -32 36 08.6          10.0 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 23.98475 05 59 04.73 -32 36 02.3          10.0 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 23.98618 05 59 04.24 -32 35 54.8          10.0 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)410 mm
Instrument focale length1353 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.3
Filter(s)I Bessel
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning1x1
Exposure details21*10s
Air mass4.21
Observatory MPC codeA77
Location04 Dauban
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.8 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Dec 27 11h01m43s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 02 12h02m11s

(Record n° 13176)

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