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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Mar 26 19h41 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m23.95 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.528 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.698 AU
Right ascension01 23 20.03 h m s
Declination+63 52 40.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.03.26 22:45:06
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 26.82018 01 23 20.03 +63 52 40.1          12.1 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 26.82412 01 23 19.97 +63 52 44.9          12.1 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 03 26.82852 01 23 20.06 +63 52 49.2          12.3 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details5X20S
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Image resize factor0.3
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.79 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Mar 26 22h47m53s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 28 06h50m01s

(Record n° 13551)

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