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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 16 04h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.456 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.736 AU
Right ascension06 43 25.92 h m s
Declination-39 34 48.7 ° ' "
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 16.18067 06 43 25.92 -39 34 48.7          11.0 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 16.18945 06 43 23.27 -39 34 30.1          11.0 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 16.20590 06 43 18.30 -39 33 53.8          11.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)RGB
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details3 x (3 x 30s)
Moon elongation87 °
Air mass1.08
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 10h22m42s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 16 10h23m47s

(Record n° 13068)

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