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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 16 07h00 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.002 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.965 AU
Right ascension07 58 50.30 h m s
Declination-42 50 05.5 ° ' "
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 2014.10.16 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 16.29184 07 58 50.30 -42 50 05.5          13.9 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 16.30273 07 58 50.70 -42 50 08.1          13.7 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 16.32201 07 58 51.39 -42 50 12.3          13.9 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 16.33562 07 58 51.90 -42 50 14.8          13.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details18 x 60s
Moon elongation58 °
Air mass1.60
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 16 10h44m08s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 16 11h50m21s

(Record n° 12751)

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