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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Sep 15 08h51 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)13.3
Aperture radius used for m11.72 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.327 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.457 AU
Right ascension07 28 41.92 h m s
Declination-41 35 49.1 ° ' "
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 2014.09.15 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 15.36841 07 28 41.92 -41 35 49.1          14.9 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 15.37148 07 28 42.14 -41 35 49.6          15.2 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 09 15.37530 07 28 42.44 -41 35 50.2          15.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)I Bessel
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 60s
Moon elongation70 °
Air mass1.49
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Sep 15 11h53m55s
Observation modification date2014 Sep 15 13h57m54s

(Record n° 12545)

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