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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 17 07h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.7
Aperture radius used for m10.58 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter5.20 '
Afrho3415 cm
Afrho error18 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.449 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.717 AU
Right ascension06 37 36.72 h m s
Declination-38 50 17.8 ° ' "
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 2014.12.17 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 17.32983 06 37 36.72 -38 50 17.8          11.0 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 17.33567 06 37 34.88 -38 50 03.5          10.9 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 17.34192 06 37 32.91 -38 49 48.0          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-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 30s
Moon elongation96 °
Air mass1.22
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 17 10h02m51s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 17 10h56m59s

(Record n° 13070)

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