The Christmas Comet

Ephemeris for C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy

Omega= 12.3870 OMEGA= 94.9855 i= 80.3025 q= 1.290622 a=586.113533
e=0.997798 P=14189.681 T= 2015 January 30.0871 Equinox= 2000
Magnitudes calculated from m= 3.7+5.0*Log(d)+17.7*Log(r)+0.000*Beta

Station: UK
Latitude: 53.000 Longitude: 0.000 Magnetic variation: 0.0
Observing constraints: Sun below -13. deg Object above***** deg

December 2014 Positions for 00:00 ET, Times in UT

Elong Moon Comet
Day R.A. B1950 Dec R.A. J2000 Dec Mag D R Trans
Observable Sun Moon Phase Tail pA d RA dDec

1/ 2 7 33.5 -43.58 7 35.0 -44.04 7.2 1.03 1.56 2.52
Not Observable 102 102 78 34 317 -10 2
2/ 3 7 30.9 -43.50 7 32.5 -43.57 7.1 1.00 1.55 2.46
Not Observable 103 95 87 36 319 -11 3
3/ 4 7 28.2 -43.41 7 29.8 -43.48 7.0 0.98 1.54 2.39
Not Observable 103 87 93 37 320 -12 3
4/ 5 7 25.4 -43.31 7 26.9 -43.37 6.9 0.96 1.54 2.33
Not Observable 104 80 98 39 322 -12 4
5/ 6 7 22.4 -43.20 7 23.9 -43.26 6.8 0.94 1.53 2.26
Not Observable 105 73 100 41 323 -13 4
6/ 7 7 19.2 -43.07 7 20.8 -43.13 6.7 0.92 1.52 2.19
Not Observable 106 67 100 43 325 -14 5
7/ 8 7 15.9 -42.53 7 17.5 -42.58 6.7 0.90 1.51 2.11
Not Observable 107 63 98 45 327 -15 6
8/ 9 7 12.4 -42.36 7 14.0 -42.42 6.6 0.88 1.51 2.04
Not Observable 108 60 94 47 328 -16 6
9/10 7 8.7 -42.18 7 10.3 -42.23 6.5 0.86 1.50 1.56
Not Observable 109 59 88 49 330 -16 7
10/11 7 4.8 -41.58 7 6.4 -42.03 6.4 0.84 1.49 1.48
Not Observable 110 60 81 52 332 -17 8
11/12 7 0.8 -41.35 7 2.4 -41.40 6.3 0.82 1.48 1.40
Not Observable 111 63 73 54 334 -18 9
12/13 6 56.6 -41.10 6 58.2 -41.15 6.2 0.80 1.48 1.32
Not Observable 112 67 65 56 336 -19 10
13/14 6 52.2 -40.43 6 53.8 -40.47 6.1 0.78 1.47 1.24
Not Observable 113 72 55 59 338 -20 11
14/15 6 47.5 -40.12 6 49.2 -40.16 6.0 0.76 1.46 1.15
Not Observable 114 79 46 61 340 -22 12
15/16 6 42.7 -39.38 6 44.4 -39.41 5.9 0.74 1.46 1.07
Not Observable 115 86 36 64 342 -23 14
16/17 6 37.7 -39.01 6 39.4 -39.04 5.8 0.72 1.45 0.58
Not Observable 116 93 27 67 344 -24 15
17/18 6 32.5 -38.20 6 34.2 -38.22 5.7 0.70 1.44 0.49
Not Observable 117 101 18 70 347 -25 17
18/19 6 27.1 -37.34 6 28.8 -37.36 5.6 0.68 1.44 0.39
Not Observable 118 109 11 72 349 -26 18
19/20 6 21.5 -36.45 6 23.2 -36.46 5.6 0.66 1.43 0.30
Not Observable 119 117 5 75 351 -28 20
20/21 6 15.7 -35.50 6 17.4 -35.52 5.5 0.64 1.42 0.20
Not Observable 120 123 1 78 354 -29 22
21/22 6 9.7 -34.51 6 11.5 -34.52 5.4 0.63 1.42 0.10
Not Observable 122 126 0 81 357 -30 24
22/23 6 3.5 -33.46 6 5.4 -33.46 5.3 0.61 1.41 0.00
Not Observable 123 127 1 84 359 -31 27
23/24 5 57.2 -32.35 5 59.1 -32.35 5.2 0.60 1.41 23.50
Not Observable 124 124 5 87 3 -33 29
24/25 5 50.7 -31.19 5 52.6 -31.18 5.1 0.58 1.40 23.39
22.45 to 0.34 125 117 11 90 6 -34 31
25/26 5 44.1 -29.56 5 46.0 -29.54 5.0 0.57 1.39 23.29
21.58 to 0.60 126 109 20 93 9 -35 34
26/27 5 37.4 -28.26 5 39.3 -28.24 4.9 0.55 1.39 23.18
21.21 to 1.16 127 98 30 96 12 -37 37
27/28 5 30.5 -26.50 5 32.5 -26.48 4.8 0.54 1.38 23.08
20.47 to 1.28 128 87 41 99 16 -38 40
28/29 5 23.5 -25.06 5 25.6 -25.04 4.8 0.53 1.38 22.57
20.16 to 1.37 129 76 53 102 19 -39 43
29/30 5 16.5 -23.16 5 18.5 -23.13 4.7 0.52 1.37 22.46
19.46 to 1.45 130 64 64 105 23 -40 45
30/31 5 9.3 -21.19 5 11.5 -21.16 4.6 0.51 1.37 22.35
19.17 to 1.52 131 53 74 108 27 -41 48
31/32 5 2.2 -19.16 5 4.4 -19.12 4.6 0.50 1.36 22.24
18.49 to 1.58 131 43 83 111 31 -42 51


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