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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 19 23h59 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)7.4
Aperture radius used for m11 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.5
Aperture radius used for m236.6 "
Coma diameter2 '
Tail length1 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.436 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.680 AU
Right ascension06 23 08.19 h m s
Declination-36 46 22.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/2.1 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.12.20 02:29:31
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 19.99963 06 23 08.19 -36 46 22.7          10.5 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 20.00669 06 23 05.83 -36 45 58.3          10.5 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 20.02568 06 22 59.47 -36 45 06.0           7.4 T      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length420 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.1
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraST8300
SensorCCD
Sensor size18x24 mm2
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountHEQ5pro
Exposure total time90 s
Air mass5.8
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-SA2.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)5.3 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Dec 20 03h38m49s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 20 03h44m07s

(Record n° 13095)

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