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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Sep 14 08h37 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.8
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Tail position angle (PA)200 °
r (dist/Sun) 2.337 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.471 AU
Right ascension07 27 25.94 h m s
Declination-41 34 48.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G Bosch
MEA J.-G Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.09.14 09:41:05
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 14.35889 07 27 25.94 -41 34 48.7          14.8 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 14.38029 07 27 27.53 -41 34 50.0          14.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure details29x1mn
Air mass2.5
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2014 Sep 14 11h43m56s
Observation modification date2014 Sep 14 15h14m59s

(Record n° 12538)

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