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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 15 23h17 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m211.06 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.634 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.650 AU
Right ascension14 58 20.01 h m s
Declination+65 56 35.9 ° ' "
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 2015.07.16 05:58:04
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET NOMAD
    CK14Q020  C2015 07 15.97015 14 58 20.01 +65 56 35.9          12.6 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 07 15.97160 14 58 20.02 +65 56 34.0          12.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 07 15.97277 14 58 20.27 +65 56 32.4          12.6 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460EX
SensorCCD
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure total time120 s
Exposure details6x20s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogNOMAD
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jul 16 06h00m05s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 16 06h24m38s

(Record n° 14123)

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