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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 22 08h24 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.5
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.583 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.768 AU
Right ascension06 55 09.79 h m s
Declination-41 40 28.8 ° ' "
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 2014.08.22 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 22.35013 06 55 09.79 -41 40 28.8          15.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 22.35723 06 55 10.48 -41 40 28.3          15.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 22.36522 06 55 11.22 -41 40 27.3          15.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 22.37638 06 55 12.19 -41 40 26.8          15.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 22.38450 06 55 12.92 -41 40 26.0          15.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 22.39614 06 55 14.03 -41 40 25.2          15.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 22.40436 06 55 14.72 -41 40 24.5          15.4 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 22.41574 06 55 15.77 -41 40 23.7          15.5 N      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 details70 x 45s
Moon elongation59 °
Air mass2.29
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 22 12h30m26s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 22 12h31m04s

(Record n° 12362)

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