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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 14154.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 16 05h03 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.6
Aperture radius used for m10.56 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Afrho4014 cm
Afrho error21 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.456 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.736 AU
Right ascension06 43 16.96 h m s
Declination-39 33 43.9 ° ' "
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 2014.12.16 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 16.21029 06 43 16.96 -39 33 43.9          10.9 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 16.21613 06 43 15.20 -39 33 31.2          11.0 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 16.22238 06 43 13.30 -39 33 17.3          11.0 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 details30 x 30s
Moon elongation87 °
Air mass1.05
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 16 07h12m03s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 16 09h34m25s

(Record n° 13064)

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