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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

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IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 08 20h27 UT by Maurice Audejean

Nuclear magnitude (m2)9.7
Aperture radius used for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.333 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.469 AU
Right ascension04 09 13.36 h m s
Declination-00 20 08.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD B92
CON M. Audejean [maurice.audejean@wanadoo.fr]
OBS M. Audejean
TEL 0.32-m f/6 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.01.09 00:56:32
AC2 maurice.audejean@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.85181 04 09 13.36 -00 20 08.9           9.7 N      B92
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.85690 04 09 11.30 -00 19 22.5           9.7 N      B92
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.86197 04 09 09.23 -00 18 36.5           9.6 N      B92
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.86703 04 09 07.17 -00 17 50.5           9.7 N      B92
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.87715 04 09 03.05 -00 16 18.6           9.7 N      B92
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.88222 04 09 00.98 -00 15 32.3           9.7 N      B92
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.88730 04 08 58.92 -00 14 46.3           9.7 N      B92
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 08.89237 04 08 56.86 -00 14 00.1           9.7 N      B92
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)320 mm
Instrument focale length1920 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6
Filter(s)Clear
CameraAudine KAF1603
SensorCCD
Sensor size13.8x9.2 mm2
Sensor pixels number1536x1024
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MotorizationNo
AutoguideNo
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)4.5
Seeing3
Air mass1.478
Observatory MPC codeB92
LocationChinon 37500 France
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Observation submission date2015 Jan 09 01h09m47s

(Record n° 13222)

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