Observation Details
Telescope or SpacecraftInstrumentPrincipal Investigator or ObserverOther ObserversLoc.DatesData TypeWave.Observation StatusScience GoalsCommentsAs part of the campaign, we are collecting observing plans from professional astronomers observing comet Siding Spring to facilitate collaborations and enhance the scientific output of everyone's observations of the comet. The observation plans are summarized below in a calendar and table. Note that only day precision is given and the dates are specified in UT. All details are listed in the observation table.
| x | X-Ray |
| x | EUV |
| x | UV |
| x | Optical |
| x | IR |
| x | Sub-MM |
| x | Radio |
| x | Unspecified or other |
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| rh | 4.8 AU | 4.8 AU | 4.7 AU | 4.6 AU | 4.6 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 102 deg | 106 deg | 110 deg | 114 deg | 117 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 4.5 AU | 4.4 AU | 4.3 AU | 4.2 AU | 4.0 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 6.6 × 108 km | 6.6 × 108 km | 6.6 × 108 km | 6.6 × 108 km | 6.7 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3, Jian-Yang Li | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swift/UVOT, Dennis Bodewits | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | |
| rh | 4.6 AU | 4.5 AU | 4.4 AU | 4.4 AU | 4.3 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 117 deg | 120 deg | 121 deg | 121 deg | 121 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 4.0 AU | 3.9 AU | 3.9 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.7 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 6.7 × 108 km | 6.7 × 108 km | 6.7 × 108 km | 6.7 × 108 km | 6.7 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3, Jian-Yang Li | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swift/UVOT, Dennis Bodewits | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | |
| rh | 4.2 AU | 4.2 AU | 4.1 AU | 4.0 AU | 4.0 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 119 deg | 116 deg | 112 deg | 108 deg | 103 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 3.7 AU | 3.7 AU | 3.6 AU | 3.6 AU | 3.6 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 6.8 × 108 km | 6.8 × 108 km | 6.8 × 108 km | 6.8 × 108 km | 6.8 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swift/UVOT, Dennis Bodewits | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.2m MIRO/CCD, Polarimeter, Shashikiran Ganesh | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | |
| rh | 4.0 AU | 3.9 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.7 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 103 deg | 98 deg | 92 deg | 87 deg | 81 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 3.6 AU | 3.6 AU | 3.7 AU | 3.7 AU | 3.7 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 6.8 × 108 km | 6.8 × 108 km | 6.8 × 108 km | 6.8 × 108 km | 6.8 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.2m MIRO/CCD, Polarimeter, Shashikiran Ganesh | x | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3, Jian-Yang Li | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRTF/SpeX, Michael Kelley | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14-inch Celestron/STL-1001E, Alberto Quijano Vodniza | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | |
| rh | 3.7 AU | 3.6 AU | 3.6 AU | 3.5 AU | 3.4 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 81 deg | 76 deg | 71 deg | 65 deg | 61 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 3.7 AU | 3.7 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.8 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 6.8 × 108 km | 6.7 × 108 km | 6.7 × 108 km | 6.7 × 108 km | 6.7 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14-inch Celestron/STL-1001E, Alberto Quijano Vodniza | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swift/UVOT, Dennis Bodewits | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | |
| rh | 3.4 AU | 3.3 AU | 3.3 AU | 3.2 AU | 3.1 AU | 3.1 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 61 deg | 56 deg | 52 deg | 48 deg | 45 deg | 42 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 3.8 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.7 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 6.7 × 108 km | 6.6 × 108 km | 6.6 × 108 km | 6.5 × 108 km | 6.4 × 108 km | 6.4 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3, Jian-Yang Li | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swift/UVOT, Dennis Bodewits | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spitzer Space Telescope/IRAC, Michael Kelley | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | |
| rh | 2.8 AU | 2.7 AU | 2.6 AU | 2.6 AU | 2.5 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 39 deg | 40 deg | 42 deg | 45 deg | 48 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 3.5 AU | 3.4 AU | 3.3 AU | 3.2 AU | 3.0 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 6.0 × 108 km | 5.8 × 108 km | 5.7 × 108 km | 5.6 × 108 km | 5.4 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swift/UVOT, Dennis Bodewits | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | |
| rh | 2.1 AU | 2.1 AU | 2.0 AU | 1.9 AU | 1.9 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 70 deg | 75 deg | 81 deg | 87 deg | 93 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 2.2 AU | 2.1 AU | 1.9 AU | 1.7 AU | 1.5 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 4.5 × 108 km | 4.3 × 108 km | 4.1 × 108 km | 3.8 × 108 km | 3.6 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swift/UVOT, Dennis Bodewits | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NEOWISE, Rachel Stevenson | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| rh | 1.9 AU | 1.8 AU | 1.7 AU | 1.7 AU | 1.6 AU | 1.6 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 93 deg | 99 deg | 105 deg | 111 deg | 114 deg | 113 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 1.5 AU | 1.3 AU | 1.2 AU | 1.0 AU | 0.9 AU | 0.9 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 3.6 × 108 km | 3.3 × 108 km | 3.1 × 108 km | 2.8 × 108 km | 2.5 × 108 km | 2.2 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NEOWISE, Rachel Stevenson | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swift/UVOT, Dennis Bodewits | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14-inch Celestron/STL-1001E, Alberto Quijano Vodniza | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| rh | 1.6 AU | 1.5 AU | 1.5 AU | 1.5 AU | 1.4 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 113 deg | 107 deg | 99 deg | 90 deg | 80 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 0.9 AU | 0.9 AU | 1.0 AU | 1.1 AU | 1.2 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 2.2 × 108 km | 1.9 × 108 km | 1.6 × 108 km | 1.2 × 108 km | 9.0 × 107 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14-inch Celestron/STL-1001E, Alberto Quijano Vodniza | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOAR/SOI, Beatrice Mueller | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swift/UVOT, Dennis Bodewits | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NEOWISE, Rachel Stevenson | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASA/IRTF/SPeX, Carey Lisse | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.2m MIRO/CCD, Polarimeter, Shashikiran Ganesh | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| rh | 1.4 AU | 1.4 AU | 1.4 AU | 1.4 AU | 1.5 AU | 1.5 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 50 deg | 43 deg | 37 deg | 31 deg | 26 deg | 23 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 1.8 AU | 2.0 AU | 2.1 AU | 2.2 AU | 2.3 AU | 2.4 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 4.5 × 107 km | 7.8 × 107 km | 1.1 × 108 km | 1.4 × 108 km | 1.8 × 108 km | 2.1 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kepler/CCD, Mike Kelley | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LCOGT/Sinistro CCD, Henry Throop | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spitzer Space Telescope/IRAC, Michael Kelley | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASA-IRTF/CSHELL, Geronimo Villanueva | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | |
| rh | 2.0 AU | 2.1 AU | 2.1 AU | 2.2 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 54 deg | 61 deg | 67 deg | 74 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 2.4 AU | 2.4 AU | 2.3 AU | 2.3 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 4.3 × 108 km | 4.5 × 108 km | 4.7 × 108 km | 4.8 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swift/UVOT, Dennis Bodewits | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spitzer Space Telescope/IRAC, Michael Kelley | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| rh | 2.3 AU | 2.3 AU | 2.4 AU | 2.5 AU | 2.6 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 80 deg | 87 deg | 92 deg | 98 deg | 102 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 2.2 AU | 2.2 AU | 2.2 AU | 2.1 AU | 2.1 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 5.0 × 108 km | 5.1 × 108 km | 5.3 × 108 km | 5.4 × 108 km | 5.5 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discovery Channel Telescope/LMI (CCD), Michael Kelley | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| rh | 2.8 AU | 2.9 AU | 3.0 AU | 3.1 AU | 3.1 AU | 3.2 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 108 deg | 107 deg | 104 deg | 101 deg | 97 deg | 93 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 2.4 AU | 2.5 AU | 2.6 AU | 2.7 AU | 2.8 AU | 3.0 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 5.7 × 108 km | 5.8 × 108 km | 5.8 × 108 km | 5.9 × 108 km | 5.9 × 108 km | 5.9 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spitzer Space Telescope/IRAC, Michael Kelley | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| rh | 3.2 AU | 3.3 AU | 3.3 AU | 3.4 AU | 3.5 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 93 deg | 88 deg | 84 deg | 79 deg | 74 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 3.0 AU | 3.1 AU | 3.3 AU | 3.5 AU | 3.6 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 5.9 × 108 km | 5.9 × 108 km | 5.9 × 108 km | 5.9 × 108 km | 5.9 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discovery Channel Telescope/LMI (CCD), Michael Kelley | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spitzer Space Telescope/IRAC, Michael Kelley | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| rh | 3.5 AU | 3.6 AU | 3.6 AU | 3.7 AU | 3.8 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 74 deg | 70 deg | 65 deg | 61 deg | 57 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 3.6 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.9 AU | 4.1 AU | 4.2 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 5.9 × 108 km | 5.9 × 108 km | 5.9 × 108 km | 5.8 × 108 km | 5.8 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spitzer Space Telescope/IRAC, Michael Kelley | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| rh | 3.8 AU | 3.8 AU | 3.9 AU | 4.0 AU | 4.0 AU | 4.1 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth-based solar elongation angle | 57 deg | 53 deg | 49 deg | 46 deg | 43 deg | 41 deg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔEarth | 4.2 AU | 4.4 AU | 4.5 AU | 4.6 AU | 4.7 AU | 4.8 AU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ΔMars | 5.8 × 108 km | 5.8 × 108 km | 5.8 × 108 km | 5.7 × 108 km | 5.7 × 108 km | 5.7 × 108 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spitzer Space Telescope/IRAC, Michael Kelley | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x | X-Ray |
| x | EUV |
| x | UV |
| x | Optical |
| x | IR |
| x | Sub-MM |
| x | Radio |
| x | Unspecified or other |
| Telescope or Spacecraft |
Instrument |
Principal Investigator or Observer |
Other Observers |
Loc. |
Dates |
Data Type |
Wave. |
Observation Status |
Science Goals |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2m MIRO | CCD, Polarimeter | Shashikiran Ganesh | Kumar Venkataramani, Sunil Chandra, Navpreet Kaur, Kiran S Baliyan | Mount Abu IR Observatory 72°46'47.5''E, 24°39'08.8''N | 2014‑01‑03 to 2014‑01‑05, 2014‑10‑01 to 2014‑10‑05, 2014‑10‑19 to 2014‑10‑22 | Photometry, Imaging, Polarimetry | Visual / optical | Planned or proposed, Awarded or scheduled, Completed | Dust, gas | |
| 1.3-m telescope | 4' X 4' FOV CCD | Margarita Safonova | Jayant Murthy, Firoza Sutaria, C. Muthumariappan, A.G. Sreejith | The Vainu Bappu Observatory, Kavalur, India,12° 34'N, 78° 50'E, 750 m | 2014‑10‑16 to 2014‑10‑21 | Photometry, Imaging | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | dust, coma morphology | ~30 mins every night at the earliest. |
| 14-inch Celestron | STL-1001E | Alberto Quijano Vodniza | Mario Rojas Pereira | University of Narino Observatory, H78, long= -77.29083 Lat=1.2122 | 2014‑01‑28, 2014‑02‑02, 2014‑02‑13, 2014‑02‑15, 2014‑09‑06, 2014‑09‑10, 2014‑09‑12, 2014‑09‑16, 2014‑09‑18, 2014‑09‑19 | Photometry, astrometry | Visual / optical | Completed | Orbital parameters, light curve | CGE Pro 1400 CELESTRON telescope & STL-1001E SBIG camera. DATE Magnitude (Luminance): January 28 15,3 | February 02 15,3 | February 13 15,2 | February 15 15,2 | Sept.06 12,2 | Sept.10 12,1 | Sept.12 12,5 | Sept.16 12,4 | Sept.18 12,7 | Sept.19 12,6 |
| 2.4m Thai National Telescope | ULTRASPEC | David Mkrtichian | Saran Poshyachinda | Thai National Observatory, 18° 34′ N 98° 28′ E | 2014‑10‑17 to 2014‑10‑19 (59 epochs) | Imaging | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | r filter observations | |
| 40-in telescope | UAGS spectrograph | Margarita Safonova | Jayant Murthy, Firoza Sutaria, C. Muthumariappan, A.G. Sreejith | The Vainu Bappu Observatory, Kavalur, India,12°34'N, 78°50'E, 750 m | 2014‑10‑16 to 2014‑10‑21 | Spectroscopy | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | dust, gas, coma morphology | |
| 50cm CDK MIRO | imager, spectrograph, 3 position polaroid | Shashikiran Ganesh | Kumar Venkataramani, Sunil Chandra, Navpreet Kaur, Kiran S Baliyan | Mount Abu IR Observatory 72°46'47.5''E, 24°39'08.8''N | 2014‑10‑11 to 2014‑10‑25 | Photometry, Imaging, Polarimetry, Spectroscopy | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | Dust, gas | |
| Arizona Radio Observatory | millimeter radio telescope and receivers | Thomas Wilson | Carey Lisse | Mt Graham AZ | 2014‑10‑14 to 2014‑10‑23 (3 epochs) | Spectroscopy | (Sub) Millimeter | Planned or proposed | gas | Searching for the J=4-3 line of HCN |
| Chandra | ACIS-S, ACIS-I | Carey Lisse | Wolk, Christian, Li, Combi, Mutchler | Earth Orbit | 2014‑10‑19 to 2014‑10‑20 | Photometry, Imaging, Spectroscopy | X-ray, Far UV | Awarded or scheduled | X-rays, Solar Wind, Gas | Detailed observations scheduling still TBD; expect 15 hrs (54 ksec of continuous monitoring). |
| Discovery Channel Telescope | LMI (CCD) | Matthew Knight | Dave Schleicher | G37 | 2014‑10‑18 to 2014‑10‑19 | Imaging | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | Coma morphology | 1 hr per night |
| Discovery Channel Telescope | LMI (CCD) | Michael Kelley | Lori Feaga, Matthew Knight, Dennis Bodewits | Lowell Observatory | 2015‑03‑19, 2015‑06‑16 | Photometry, Imaging | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | dust, gas | |
| HST | WFC3/UVIS, ACS/SBC | Carey Lisse | Li, Mutchler, Christian,Dennerl, Wolk | Earth Orbit | 2014‑10‑19 to 2014‑10‑20 | Photometry, Imaging | Near UV, Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | Gas, Mars exosphere | |
| Himalayan Chandra Telescope, Indian Astrophysical Observatory | HFOSC | Margarita Safonova | Jayant Murthy, Firoza Sutaria, C. Muthumariappan, A.G. Sreejith | Hanle, Leh, India. 78°57'51.0''E, 32°46'46.0''N, 4500 m | 2014‑10‑17, 2014‑10‑18, 2014‑10‑19, 2014‑10‑20, 2014‑10‑21 | Photometry, Imaging, Spectroscopy | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | dust, gas, coma morphology | Observations are possible only for 15-30 mins earliest evening. Calibration sources will be observed on the same nights after the comet. |
| Hubble Space Telescope | WFC3 | Jian-Yang Li | Nalin Samarasinha, Mike Kelley, Tony Farnham, Casey Lisse, Mike A'Hearn, Alan Delamere, Max Mutchler | Earth orbit | 2013‑10‑29, 2014‑01‑21, 2014‑03‑11 | Photometry, Imaging | Visual / optical | Completed | Dust, nucleus | |
| Hubble Space Telescope | WFC3 | Jian-Yang Li | Tony Farnham, Mike Kelley, Nalin Samarasinha, Dennis Bodewits, Mike A'Hearn, Casey Lisse, Alan Delamere, Max Mutchler | Earth orbit | 2014‑10‑19, 2014‑10‑20 | Photometry, Imaging | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | Imaging, dust, gas | |
| IRTF | SpeX | Michael Kelley | Chick Woodward, Silvia Protopapa | Mauna Kea | 2014‑01‑24 | Spectroscopy | Near infrared | Completed | water ice | |
| Kepler | CCD | Mike Kelley | Mike A'Hearn, Tony Farnham, Daniel Jontof-Hutter, Matthew Knight, Jian-Yang Li, Karen Meech, Nalin Samarasinha, Dave Schleicher, Jessica Sunshine, Billy Quarles, Paul Weissman, Diane Wooden, Chick Woodward | Solar orbit | 2014‑10‑20 to 2014‑10‑21, 2014‑10‑24 to 2014‑10‑28 | Photometry | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | Coma lightcurve, rotation period | 30-min cadence. Approximate windows: first epoch = 0.97 days long, second epoch = 3.1 days long, with a 0.84 day gap. |
| LCOGT | Sinistro CCD | Henry Throop | J-Y Li | Australia/S Africa/Chile | 2014‑10‑05 to 2014‑10‑26 | Imaging | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | Dust, gas, monitoring | |
| Lowell Observatory 31in | CCD | Matthew Knight | Dave Schleicher | 688 | 2014‑10‑10 to 2014‑10‑24 | Imaging | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | Imaging | 1 hr per night |
| Lowell Observatory 42in | Kron photometer | Dave Schleicher | 688 | 2014‑10‑17 to 2014‑10‑20 | Photometry | Visual / optical | Awarded or scheduled | Production rates | ||
| MAVEN | IUVS | Bruce Jakosky | Nick Schneider, Ian Stewart, Matteo Crismani, Mike Combi | Mars Orbit | 2014‑10‑17 | Imaging, Spectroscopy | Far UV, Near UV | Awarded or scheduled | Gas, Nucleus, D/H | |
| NASA-IRTF | CSHELL | Geronimo Villanueva | Michael Mumma, Michael DiSanti, Boncho Bonev, Robert Novak, Lucas Paganini, Alain Khayat, Alan Tokunaga, Karen Magee-Sauer, Erika Gibb | Mauna Kea [568] | 2014‑10‑06, 2014‑10‑07, 2014‑10‑19, 2014‑10‑20, 2014‑11‑03, 2014‑11‑04 | Imaging, Spectroscopy | Near infrared | Awarded or scheduled | Gas | |
| NASA/IRTF | SPeX | Carey Lisse | DelloRusso, Vervack, Sitko, Cheng, Hibbitts | Mauna Kea, HI | 2014‑09‑23 to 2014‑09‑27 | Spectroscopy | Near infrared | Awarded or scheduled | Gas, Dust | |
| NEOWISE | Rachel Stevenson | James Bauer | Earth Orbit [C51] | 2014‑07‑25 to 2014‑07‑31, 2014‑09‑20 to 2014‑09‑30 | Imaging | Near infrared | Awarded or scheduled | |||
| Nançay radio telescope | Jacques Crovisier | P. Colom, N. Biver, D. Bockelée-Morvan | Nançay (France) | 2014‑10‑05 to 2014‑10‑20 | Spectroscopy | Radio | Awarded or scheduled | OH production rate | OH 18 cm lines | |
| SOAR | SOI | Beatrice Mueller | Nalin Samarasinha | SOAR, Cerro Pachon, 133 | 2014‑09‑07, 2014‑09‑10, 2014‑10‑10, 2014‑10‑11, 2014‑10‑12, 2014‑10‑13, 2014‑10‑14 | Imaging | Visual / optical | Completed | coma morphology | Observed in broadband R and narrowband HB-CN |
| Spitzer Space Telescope | IRAC | Michael Kelley | J.Bauer, D.Bodewits, T.Farnham, J.-Y.Li, N.Samarasinha, R.Stevenson, P.Tricarico | Solar orbit | 2014‑03‑26 | Photometry, Imaging | Near infrared | Completed | Dust, gas | |
| Spitzer Space Telescope | IRAC | Michael Kelley | James Bauer, Dennis Bodewits, Tony Farnham, Rachel Stevenson, Roger Yelle | Solar orbit | 2014‑11‑02, 2014‑11‑17 | Photometry, Imaging | Near infrared | Awarded or scheduled | dust, gas | |
| Spitzer Space Telescope | IRAC | Michael Kelley | Lori Feaga, Dennis Bodewits, Adam McKay, Colin Snodgrass, Diane Wooden, Matthew Knight | solar orbit | 2015‑05‑04, 2015‑02‑25, 2015‑06‑16, 2015‑07‑07, 2015‑07‑28, 2015‑08‑19, 2016‑03‑12, 2016‑07‑15 | Photometry, Imaging | Near infrared | Awarded or scheduled | dust, gas | Dates are approximate start times of ~20 day long windows. |
| Swift | UVOT | Dennis Bodewits | Tony Farnham, Mike A'Hearn | Earth orbit | 2013‑11‑02, 2013‑12‑28, 2014‑02‑16, 2014‑03‑16, 2014‑05‑28, 2014‑07‑09, 2014‑08‑15, 2014‑09‑14, 2014‑10‑24, 2015‑02‑01 | Photometry, Spectroscopy | Near UV, Visual / optical | Planned or proposed, Awarded or scheduled, Completed | dust, gas, evolution | More info and preliminary results on http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dennis/Observations.html |
| VLT | SINFONI | Bin Yang | Silvia Protopapa, Michael Kelley, Nuno Peixinho | Paranal Observatory | 2014‑10‑10, 2014‑10‑11 | Spectroscopy | Near infrared | Awarded or scheduled | dust, ice |