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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 21 00h05 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.423 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.644 AU
Right ascension06 17 20.81 h m s
Declination-35 51 20.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.12.21 02:58:03
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 21.00329 06 17 20.81 -35 51 20.3          11.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 21.00549 06 17 20.02 -35 51 12.2          12.0 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 21.01058 06 17 18.04 -35 50 53.3          12.0 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460EX
SensorCCD
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure total time50 s
Exposure details5x10s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-SA2.0
Image resize factor0.5
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Dec 21 03h12m31s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 21 03h16m00s

(Record n° 13106)

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