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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 13 18h18 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)9.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m221.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.316 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.490 AU
Right ascension03 38 02.95 h m s
Declination+11 35 23.6 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/2.1 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.01.13 20:10:14
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 13.76237 03 38 02.95 +11 35 23.6           9.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 13.76541 03 38 01.94 +11 35 46.3           9.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 13.77261 03 37 59.56 +11 36 47.2           9.6 N      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length420 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.1
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraST8300
SensorCCD
Sensor size18x24 mm2
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountHEQ5pro
Exposure total time140 s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)5.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jan 13 20h40m56s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 13 20h42m07s

(Record n° 13251)

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