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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 29 08h21 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.508 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.682 AU
Right ascension07 05 36.88 h m s
Declination-41 32 44.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.08.29 13:57:52
AC2 thierrynoel1@laposte.net
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 29.34820 07 05 36.88 -41 32 44.2          15.2 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 08 29.36626 07 05 38.39 -41 32 43.3          15.3 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
AutoguideNo
Exposure details20x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2014 Aug 29 14h06m05s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 30 00h51m01s

(Record n° 12413)

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