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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 14154.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 02 06h22 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.7
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.561 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.025 AU
Right ascension07 34 21.01 h m s
Declination-44 02 35.7 ° ' "
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 02.26555 07 34 21.01 -44 02 35.7          11.7 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 02.27338 07 34 19.85 -44 02 32.3          11.7 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 02.28143 07 34 18.56 -44 02 28.4          11.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)RGB
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details3x(10x60s)
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 13h28m50s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 02 13h35m21s

(Record n° 13017)

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