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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 19 03h06 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.3
Aperture radius used for m10.61 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Afrho4143 cm
Afrho error153 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.436 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.680 AU
Right ascension06 28 01.30 h m s
Declination-37 30 05.7 ° ' "
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 2014.12.19 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 19.12928 06 28 01.30 -37 30 05.7          10.9 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 19.14137 06 27 57.24 -37 29 30.8          10.8 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 19.15387 06 27 53.03 -37 28 54.7          10.9 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 19.16637 06 27 48.80 -37 28 18.4          10.8 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 19.17887 06 27 44.60 -37 27 42.2          10.9 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 details120 x 30s
Moon elongation110 °
Air mass1.15
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 19 09h56m23s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 19 13h43m37s

(Record n° 13087)

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