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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 18 07h50 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.982 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.930 AU
Right ascension08 00 04.09 h m s
Declination-42 57 16.0 ° ' "
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 2014.10.18 09:25:59
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 18.32663 08 00 04.09 -42 57 16.0          13.7 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 18.36018 08 00 05.23 -42 57 23.6          13.8 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-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure details21x120
Air mass1.3
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 Oct 18 11h28m43s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 18 11h59m23s

(Record n° 12773)

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