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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Mar 02 19h09 UT by Joel Nicolas


(Copyright Joel Nicolas)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)6.5
Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.3
Aperture radius used for m28.4 "
Coma diameter5.6 '
Afrho8920 cm
Afrho error540 cm
Afrho URL for more infoCal_Afrho= 8970 cm ; 9160 cm rho=10000km
r (dist/Sun) 1.372 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.322 AU
Right ascension01 30 29.78 h m s
Declination+55 29 22.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON J. NICOLAS [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J. Nicolas
MEA J. Nicolas
TEL 0.41-m f/3.3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.03.03 17:32:52
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 02.79784 01 30 29.78 +55 29 22.7          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 02.80044 01 30 29.61 +55 29 26.0          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 02.80368 01 30 29.53 +55 29 30.2          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 02.80534 01 30 29.40 +55 29 32.8          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 02.80726 01 30 29.39 +55 29 35.5          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 02.80872 01 30 29.32 +55 29 37.0          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 02.81020 01 30 29.25 +55 29 39.0          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 02.81297 01 30 29.08 +55 29 42.8          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 02.81456 01 30 29.10 +55 29 44.9          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 02.81610 01 30 28.95 +55 29 47.0          10.3 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)410 mm
Instrument focale length1353 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.3
Filter(s)I Bessel
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
Exposure details31*30s
Air mass1.45
Observatory MPC codeA77
Location04 Dauban
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Mar 03 17h37m47s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 04 15h51m08s

(Record n° 13486)

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