C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13178)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Dec 28 06h10 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 10.2 Aperture radius used for m2 7.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.383 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.538 AU Right ascension 05 30 35.14 h m s Declination -26 20 35.2 ° ' " 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 2014.12.28 08:58:31
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2014 12 28.25670 05 30 35.14 -26 20 35.2 10.2 N W96
CK14Q020 C2014 12 28.26300 05 30 32.48 -26 19 56.5 10.2 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 -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Autoguide Yes Air mass 1.2 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 28 10h00m27s Observation modification date 2014 Dec 28 17h43m15s