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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Sep 10 22h08 UT by Joel Nicolas


(Copyright Joel Nicolas)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.0
Aperture radius used for m12.73 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.8
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter5.46 '
Afrho1765 cm
Afrho error18 cm
r (dist/Sun) 3.238 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.409 AU
Right ascension15 53 58.86 h m s
Declination+40 18 16.5 ° ' "
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 2015.09.13 16:56:57
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 09 10.92241 15 53 58.86 +40 18 16.5          14.7 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 09 10.92514 15 53 59.09 +40 18 13.6          14.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 09 10.92755 15 53 59.22 +40 18 09.9          14.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 09 10.93080 15 53 59.45 +40 18 06.0          14.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 09 10.93363 15 53 59.64 +40 18 02.4          14.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 09 10.93624 15 53 59.77 +40 17 58.2          14.8 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)410 mm
Instrument focale length1353 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.3
Filter(s)None
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-22 °C
Binning1x1
Exposure details15*60s
Air mass2.18
Observatory MPC codeA77
Location04 Dauban
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Sep 13 18h11m11s
Observation modification date2015 Sep 15 17h38m56s

(Record n° 14417)

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