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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 11 18h55 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.303 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.965 AU
Right ascension01 52 51.74 h m s
Declination+46 55 58.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.02.11 21:48:57
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 02 11.78838 01 52 51.74 +46 55 58.3          11.0 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 02 11.80055 01 52 50.38 +46 56 23.1          11.0 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 02 11.81177 01 52 49.18 +46 56 46.4          11.0 N      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraST2000XM
SensorCCD
Sensor size13.4x9.5 mm2
Sensor pixels number1600x1200
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT
Exposure total time900 s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.75 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 11 21h51m26s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 11 22h08m41s

(Record n° 13387)

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