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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Sep 08 08h21 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.401 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.553 AU
Right ascension07 19 36.59 h m s
Declination-41 30 54.2 ° ' "
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 2014.09.08
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 08.34759 07 19 36.59 -41 30 54.2          15.0 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 08.35448 07 19 37.10 -41 30 54.2          15.0 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 08.36212 07 19 37.73 -41 30 54.6          15.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 60s
Moon elongation117 °
Air mass1.84
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Sep 08 12h03m45s
Observation modification date2014 Sep 08 18h47m23s

(Record n° 12515)

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