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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 11 22h30 UT by Philippe Roux


(Copyright Philippe Roux)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)5.7
Coma diameter30 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)3
Tail length0 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.303 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.965 AU
Right ascension01 54 00 h m s
Declination+47 10 00 ° ' "
Instrument11x70
Instrument typeBinoculars
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)70 mm
SensorEye
Power magnification11 X
Magnitude visual estimation method (ICQ code)B
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5.5
Seeing3
LocationPLOUMILLIAU 22300 FRANCE
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)40 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.astrosurf.com/rouxph/index.html
Remarks or commentscondensation centrale visible mais très faible, coma oblongue en PA 84
Observation submission date2015 Feb 20 14h45m20s

(Record n° 13423)

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