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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 11 04h43 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.1
Aperture radius used for m10.51 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.3
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter5.50 '
Afrho3288 cm
Afrho error66 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.491 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.836 AU
Right ascension07 05 37.94 h m s
Declination-41 58 33.1 ° ' "
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 2014.12.11 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 11.19647 07 05 37.94 -41 58 33.1          11.3 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 11.21099 07 05 34.40 -41 58 14.1          11.3 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-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 60s
Moon elongation60 °
Air mass1.12
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Dec 11 06h34m54s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 12 02h42m38s

(Record n° 13041)

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