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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 14154.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 08 02h21 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)7.09
Aperture radius used for m10.88 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)8.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter8.24 '
Afrho5466 cm
Afrho error252 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.333 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.469 AU
Right ascension04 14 17.93 h m s
Declination-02 14 10.4 ° ' "
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 2015.01.08
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.09790 04 14 17.93 -02 14 10.4           8.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.10495 04 14 15.01 -02 13 06.2           8.6 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.11224 04 14 12.00 -02 11 59.7           8.5 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-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 15s
Moon elongation78 °
Air mass1.08
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jan 08 05h02m39s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 08 05h21m45s

(Record n° 13216)

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