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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 10 01h36 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)9.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.325 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.474 AU
Right ascension04 01 10.87 h m s
Declination+02 43 18.0 ° ' "
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 2015.01.10 12:45:25
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 10.06667 04 01 10.87 +02 43 18.0           9.8 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 10.10298 04 00 56.37 +02 48 44.6          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
AutoguideYes
Air mass1.1
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 10 13h47m18s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 10 14h28m42s

(Record n° 13229)

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