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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 11 00h09 UT by Jean-Francois Coliac


(Copyright Jean-Francois Coliac)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)5
Tail length0.16 °
Tail position angle (PA)60 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.322 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.478 AU
Instrument typeCassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)318 mm
Instrument focale length2540 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.98
Filter(s)None
CameraSTL-6303
SensorCCD
Sensor size3072x2048 mm2
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time780 s
Exposure details13x60s
Moon phase80 °
Moon elongation120 °
Air mass1.83
Observatory MPC codeI89
LocationNerpio
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.73 "/pix
Image processinggradient rotationnel 25°
Observation submission date2015 Dec 06 00h24m54s

(Record n° 14825)

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