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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 23 23h44 UT by Joel Nicolas


(Copyright Joel Nicolas)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10
Aperture radius used for m211.2 "
Afrho3955 cm
Afrho error119 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.411 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.611 AU
Right ascension05 59 03.27 h m s
Declination-32 35 45.3 ° ' "
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 11:15:23
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 23.98856 05 59 03.27 -32 35 45.3          10.0 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 23.98972 05 59 02.76 -32 35 39.4          10.0 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 23.99112 05 59 02.24 -32 35 33.5          10.0 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 23.99249 05 59 01.75 -32 35 27.0          10.0 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)410 mm
Instrument focale length1353 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.3
Filter(s)R Bessel
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning1x1
Exposure details15*15s
Air mass4.24
Observatory MPC codeA77
Location04 Dauban
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Dec 27 11h17m55s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 11 11h37m47s

(Record n° 13177)

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