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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 27 17h59 UT by Joel Nicolas


(Copyright Joel Nicolas)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)5.8
Nuclear magnitude (m2)9.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m212 "
Coma diameter8.7 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.291 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.680 AU
Right ascension02 31 56.71 h m s
Declination+34 56 21.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD B51
CON J. NICOLAS [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J. Nicolas
MEA J. Nicolas
TEL 0.28-m f/6.5 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.01.28 15:40:51
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.74897 02 31 56.71 +34 56 21.0           9.6 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.75003 02 31 56.48 +34 56 25.5           9.6 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.75096 02 31 56.29 +34 56 28.8           9.6 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.75226 02 31 55.98 +34 56 34.4           9.6 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.75289 02 31 55.86 +34 56 36.9           9.6 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.75417 02 31 55.55 +34 56 41.8           9.6 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.75628 02 31 55.11 +34 56 49.9           9.5 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.75738 02 31 54.87 +34 56 54.6           9.5 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.75850 02 31 54.63 +34 56 59.2           9.4 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.75959 02 31 54.39 +34 57 03.6           9.5 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.76068 02 31 54.14 +34 57 07.9           9.4 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.76177 02 31 53.91 +34 57 12.4           9.4 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.76287 02 31 53.68 +34 57 16.7           9.4 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 27.76397 02 31 53.44 +34 57 21.3           9.4 N      B51
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)280 mm
Instrument focale length1920 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.5
Filter(s)None
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
Exposure details35*15s
Air mass1.02
Observatory MPC codeB51
Location06 Vallauris
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jan 28 15h47m49s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 03 15h55m28s

(Record n° 13342)

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