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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 14154.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 02 05h22 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10
Aperture radius used for m10.47 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.8
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter3.55 '
Afrho2390 cm
Afrho error53 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.561 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.025 AU
Right ascension07 34 27.59 h m s
Declination-44 02 54.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.12.02 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 02.22339 07 34 27.59 -44 02 54.2          11.8 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 02.23410 07 34 25.91 -44 02 49.8          11.8 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 02.24555 07 34 24.15 -44 02 44.6          11.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)I Bessel
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 60s
Moon elongation101 °
Air mass1.18
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Dec 02 13h27m19s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 02 13h33m48s

(Record n° 13016)

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