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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 14154.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 18 22h30 UT by Philippe Roux


(Copyright Philippe Roux)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)5.9
Coma diameter20 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)2
Tail length0 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.322 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.100 AU
Right ascension01 42 00 h m s
Declination+50 35 00 ° ' "
Instrument11x70
Instrument typeBinoculars
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)70 mm
SensorEye
Power magnification11 X
Magnitude visual estimation method (ICQ code)B
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5.5
Seeing3
LocationPLOUMILLIAU 22300 FRANCE
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)40 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.astrosurf.com/rouxph/index.html
Remarks or commentscondensation centrale non visible mais très faible, coma ronde, comète collée à l'étoile Phi Persée
Observation submission date2015 Feb 20 14h49m31s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 20 15h07m49s

(Record n° 13424)

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