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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 19 09h26 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.5
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.615 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.803 AU
Right ascension06 50 36.02 h m s
Declination-41 45 25.3 ° ' "
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 2014.08.19 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
     TJL005   C2014 08 19.39306 06 50 36.02 -41 45 25.3          15.5 R      W96
     TJL005   C2014 08 19.39948 06 50 36.59 -41 45 24.9          15.5 R      W96
     TJL005   C2014 08 19.40836 06 50 37.42 -41 45 24.1          15.5 R      W96
     TJL005   C2014 08 19.41989 06 50 38.46 -41 45 22.9          15.6 R      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details26 x 60s
Moon elongation65 °
Air mass1.65
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 20 02h12m26s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 20 02h14m11s

(Record n° 12342)

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