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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Nov 23 06h05 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10.6
Aperture radius used for m10.35 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.2
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter2.11 '
Afrho2173 cm
Afrho error44 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.637 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.217 AU
Right ascension07 51 54.49 h m s
Declination-44 36 27.6 ° ' "
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 2014.11.23
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 23.25343 07 51 54.49 -44 36 27.6          12.2 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 23.26412 07 51 53.54 -44 36 27.3          12.2 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 11 23.27558 07 51 52.50 -44 36 26.8          12.2 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 details30 x 60s
Moon elongation103 °
Air mass1.21
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 23 11h06m11s
Observation modification date2014 Nov 23 11h08m44s

(Record n° 12982)

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