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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 26 09h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.540 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.719 AU
Right ascension07 01 15.07 h m s
Declination-41 35 21.0 ° ' "
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 2014.08.26 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 26.38541 07 01 15.07 -41 35 21.0          15.4 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 26.39125 07 01 15.68 -41 35 20.5          15.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 26.39773 07 01 16.18 -41 35 20.5          15.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 26.40421 07 01 16.79 -41 35 20.3          15.4 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 26.41069 07 01 17.33 -41 35 20.0          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 details40 x 50s
Moon elongation69 °
Air mass1.66
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 26 12h32m59s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 26 12h33m54s

(Record n° 12386)

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