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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 10 20h55 UT by Luc Arnold

Nuclear magnitude (m2)9.9
Aperture radius used for m26.25 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.325 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.474 AU
Right ascension03 55 57.77 h m s
Declination+04 42 47.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K25
CON L. Arnold, OHP 04870 Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France [luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr]
OBS L. Arnold
MEA L. Arnold
TEL 0.20-m f/5.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
COM Filter clear Astrodon CLR, photometry aperture radius 6.25arcsec
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.01.10 23:22:30
AC2 luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 10.87182 03 55 57.77 +04 42 47.1           9.9 N      K25
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 10.87944 03 55 54.82 +04 43 55.1           9.9 N      K25
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 10.88659 03 55 52.03 +04 44 57.6           9.9 N      K25
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1100 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.5
Filter(s)Clear
CameraSBIG ST10-XME
SensorCCD
Binning1x1
Observatory MPC codeK25
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/C2014Q2_Lovejoy.html
Observation submission date2015 Jan 11 03h45m19s

(Record n° 13233)

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