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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Nov 20 07h47 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.5
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter5 '
Tail position angle (PA)305 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.663 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.280 AU
Right ascension07 55 41.90 h m s
Declination-44 36 58.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G Bosch
MEA J.-G Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.11.20 10:31:47
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 20.32411 07 55 41.90 -44 36 58.3          12.5 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 20.35187 07 55 39.83 -44 36 59.0          12.5 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
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20x2mn
Moon phase180 °
Air mass1.2
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2014 Nov 20 14h27m41s
Observation modification date2014 Nov 20 18h02m33s

(Record n° 12959)

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