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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Dec 30 21h41 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m29.35 "
Coma diameter30 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.372 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.515 AU
Right ascension05 12 01.96 h m s
Declination-21 26 31.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.12.30 23:15:38
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET NOMAD
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 30.90342 05 12 01.96 -21 26 31.2          10.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 30.90830 05 11 59.78 -21 25 55.4          10.7 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2014 12 30.91315 05 11 57.73 -21 25 21.3          10.6 N      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)G (RGB)
CameraST2000XM
SensorCCD
Sensor size13.4x9.5 mm2
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT
Exposure total time150 s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogNOMAD
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.87 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Dec 30 23h21m04s
Observation modification date2014 Dec 30 23h38m43s

(Record n° 13186)

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