C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 13293)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Jan 22 01h01 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 7.6 Aperture radius used for m1 0.70 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 9 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.9 " Coma diameter 4.25 ' Afrho 5183 cm Afrho error 145 cm r (dist/Sun) 1.296 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.597 AU Right ascension 02 54 46.73 h m s Declination +27 24 52.4 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.01.22
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK14Q020 C2015 01 22.04239 02 54 46.73 +27 24 52.4 9.1 N W96
CK14Q020 C2015 01 22.04580 02 54 45.80 +27 25 11.1 9.1 N W96
CK14Q020 C2015 01 22.04944 02 54 44.80 +27 25 31.0 8.9 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) I Bessel Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 15s Moon elongation 86 ° Air mass 1.76 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Jan 22 03h32m24s Observation modification date 2015 Jan 22 03h34m38s