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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 14154.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 11 03h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.9
m2 standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.491 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.836 AU
Right ascension07 05 45.52 h m s
Declination-41 59 13.6 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.12.11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 11.16529 07 05 45.52 -41 59 13.6          10.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 11.17358 07 05 43.52 -41 59 03.1          11.2 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 11.18902 07 05 39.77 -41 58 42.9          11.1 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-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details3x(10x60s)
Moon elongation60 °
Air mass1.22
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 11 06h30m18s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 11 06h31m11s

(Record n° 13040)

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