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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 13 01h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)6.9
Aperture radius used for m10.83 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)8.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Afrho6619 cm
Afrho error100 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.316 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.490 AU
Right ascension03 42 18.26 h m s
Declination+09 57 54.6 ° ' "
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 2015.01.13 02:50:14
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 13.05545 03 42 18.26 +09 57 54.6           8.3 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 13.05886 03 42 16.97 +09 58 23.1           8.4 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 13.06250 03 42 15.63 +09 58 53.6           8.1 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 details30 x 15s
Moon elongation142 °
Air mass1.20
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 13 04h04m33s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 13 09h02m12s

(Record n° 13245)

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