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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Nov 22 05h47 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10.6
Aperture radius used for m10.34 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.3
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter2.34 '
Afrho2257 cm
Afrho error45 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.645 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.238 AU
Right ascension07 53 18.77 h m s
Declination-44 37 03.0 ° ' "
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 2014.11.22 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 22.24120 07 53 18.77 -44 37 03.0          12.3 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 22.25190 07 53 17.91 -44 37 02.7          12.3 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 22.26336 07 53 16.93 -44 37 02.7          12.3 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 22.28089 07 53 15.45 -44 37 02.8          12.3 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 22.28777 07 53 14.87 -44 37 02.7          12.3 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 details54 x 60s
Moon elongation96 °
Air mass1.27
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Nov 22 08h49m57s
Observation modification date2014 Nov 22 08h51m17s

(Record n° 12976)

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