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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 14154.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 22 05h56 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)7.9
Aperture radius used for m10.65 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter5.25 '
Afrho4901 cm
Afrho error113 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.417 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.627 AU
Right ascension06 09 54.39 h m s
Declination-34 35 41.1 ° ' "
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 2014.12.22 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 22.24693 06 09 54.39 -34 35 41.1          10.7 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 22.25277 06 09 52.22 -34 35 18.7          10.7 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 22.25884 06 09 49.97 -34 34 55.2          10.6 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 details50 x 15s
Moon elongation127 °
Air mass1.06
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 22 07h55m08s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 22 08h34m41s

(Record n° 13115)

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