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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 15 21h51 UT by Philippe Roux


(Copyright Philippe Roux)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)4.05
Nuclear magnitude (m2)8.45
Coma diameter25 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)4
Tail length1 °
Tail position angle (PA)71 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.310 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.507 AU
Right ascension03 25 39 h m s
Declination+16 17 40 ° ' "
Instrumentmaksutov 300mm F/5.6
Instrument typeCamera lens
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)54 mm
Instrument focale length300 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.55
CameraCANON EOS 350D
SensorDC
Sensor size22.2x14.8 mm2
Sensor pixels number3456x2304
Sensor temperature7 °C
MountLX50
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time2760 s
Exposure details30x92s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)6
Seeing4
LocationPLOUMILLIAU 22300 FRANCE
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)4.4 "/pix
Image processingsoustraction de la moyenne de 5 darks
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.astrosurf.com/rouxph/index.html
Remarks or commentscatalogue d'étoiles utilisé sky2000
Observation submission date2015 Jan 17 10h40m58s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 17 10h47m41s

(Record n° 13267)

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