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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Oct 29 06h22 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
Coma diameter4.18 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.871 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.725 AU
Right ascension08 04 22.98 h m s
Declination-43 37 38.5 ° ' "
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 2014.10.29 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 29.26507 08 04 22.98 -43 37 38.5          13.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 29.28228 08 04 23.14 -43 37 43.0          13.4 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 29.30758 08 04 23.40 -43 37 48.5          13.4 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 10 29.32390 08 04 23.52 -43 37 52.2          13.5 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-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details35 x60s
Moon elongation116 °
Air mass1.56
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 29 10h45m42s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 29 10h47m38s

(Record n° 12838)

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