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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 28 06h10 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.2
Aperture radius used for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.383 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.538 AU
Right ascension05 30 35.14 h m s
Declination-26 20 35.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.12.28 08:58:31
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 28.25670 05 30 35.14 -26 20 35.2          10.2 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 28.26300 05 30 32.48 -26 19 56.5          10.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
AutoguideYes
Air mass1.2
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2014 Dec 28 10h00m27s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 28 17h43m15s

(Record n° 13178)

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