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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 01 07h19 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10
Aperture radius used for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.363 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.496 AU
Right ascension05 02 02.28 h m s
Declination-18 31 31.3 ° ' "
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 2015.01.01 09:06:48
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 01.30487 05 02 02.28 -18 31 31.3          10.0 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 01.31401 05 01 58.35 -18 30 20.6          10.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Moon phase90 °
Air mass1.2
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2015 Jan 01 10h08m21s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 01 12h44m06s

(Record n° 13188)

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