C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 14211)
Orbital period : 8043.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Aug 02 20h35 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 7.5 " Afrho 3300 cm r (dist/Sun) 2.827 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.849 AU Right ascension 15 14 08.55 h m s Declination +56 58 41.4 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.08.03 00:23:48
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
CK14Q020 KC2015 08 02.85750 15 14 08.55 +56 58 41.4 14.8 N A77
CK14Q020 KC2015 08 02.86452 15 14 08.86 +56 58 28.3 14.8 N A77
CK14Q020 KC2015 08 02.87196 15 14 09.16 +56 58 14.4 14.9 N A77
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 800 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4 Filter(s) r' Camera ST2000XM Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT Exposure total time 90 s Exposure details 3x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.88 "/pix Remarks or comments afrho 25000 km Observation submission date 2015 Aug 03 00h28m10s Observation modification date 2015 Aug 03 00h51m19s