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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 14154.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 18 03h19 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.3
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.443 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.698 AU
Right ascension06 33 23.53 h m s
Declination-38 15 57.1 ° ' "
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 2014.12.18 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 18.13810 06 33 23.53 -38 15 57.1          10.3 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 18.14254 06 33 22.08 -38 15 45.4          10.3 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 18.14717 06 33 20.58 -38 15 33.1          10.3 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 60s
Moon elongation102 °
Air mass1.15
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 18 10h03m13s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 18 11h01m47s

(Record n° 13078)

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