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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 31 23h21 UT by Joel Nicolas


(Copyright Joel Nicolas)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.156 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.298 AU
Right ascension17 10 26.39 h m s
Declination+88 39 07.4 ° ' "
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 2015.06.01 12:13:01
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 05 31.97257 17 10 26.39 +88 39 07.4          13.0 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 05 31.97647 17 10 12.67 +88 39 02.2          13.0 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 05 31.98044 17 09 59.05 +88 38 57.6          13.0 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 05 31.98420 17 09 44.95 +88 38 52.8          12.9 N      B51
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)280 mm
Instrument focale length1820 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.5
Filter(s)None
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning1x1
Exposure details2*180s
Air mass1.41
Observatory MPC codeB51
Location06 Vallauris
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)5.3 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jun 01 12h29m06s
Observation modification date2015 Jun 01 23h36m36s

(Record n° 13952)

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