Astrophotography by Torsten Mueller


C/2014 E2 (Jaques)

Long period comet
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Object Information

Description C/2014 E2 (Jacques), provisionally designated as S002692, is a long-period comet discovered by the Brazilian astronomers Cristóvão Jacques Lage de Faria, Eduardo Pimentel and João Ribeiro de Barros on the night of 13 March 2014. It was the second comet discovered by the SONEAR Observatory team after comet C/2014 A4.
Type Long period comet
Brightness 8 mag (vis)
Apparent Size
Distance MLy

Exposure Information

Date 2015-01-01
Location Putzkau Observatory
Optics Meade Series 5000 APO 127/950 f/7.5
Camera Canon EOS1200Da
Integration 16x60 sec Color data
(0.27 h total)