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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 09 00h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.329 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.471 AU
Right ascension04 07 58.81 h m s
Declination+00 08 22.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.01.09 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 09.03807 04 07 58.81 +00 08 22.2           9.0 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 09.04148 04 07 57.42 +00 08 53.2           8.9 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 09.04512 04 07 55.92 +00 09 26.2           9.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)I Bessel
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details25 x 15s
Moon elongation90 °
Air mass1.09
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jan 09 02h29m45s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 09 18h38m22s

(Record n° 13223)

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