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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 14154.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 17 21h48 UT by Luc Arnold

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.6
Aperture radius used for m26.25 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.656 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.670 AU
Right ascension14 59 54.83 h m s
Declination+64 56 51.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K25
CON L. Arnold, OHP 04870 Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France [luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr]
OBS L. Arnold
MEA L. Arnold
TEL 0.20-m f/5.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
COM Sloan r' Astrodon Gen-1 filter, photometry aperture radius 6.25 arcsec
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.07.17 23:35:51
AC2 luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020 KC2015 07 17.90842 14 59 54.83 +64 56 51.8          13.6 N      K25
    CK14Q020 KC2015 07 17.91420 14 59 55.09 +64 56 40.8          13.6 N      K25
    CK14Q020 KC2015 07 17.91998 14 59 55.39 +64 56 30.4          13.6 N      K25
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1100 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.5
Filter(s)r'
CameraSBIG ST10-XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-11 °C
Binning1x1
Observatory MPC codeK25
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/Welcome.html
Observation submission date2015 Jul 18 02h19m09s

(Record n° 14144)

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