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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 22 01h01 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)7.6
Aperture radius used for m10.70 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter4.25 '
Afrho5183 cm
Afrho error145 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.296 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.597 AU
Right ascension02 54 46.73 h m s
Declination+27 24 52.4 ° ' "
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 2015.01.22 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 22.04239 02 54 46.73 +27 24 52.4           9.1 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 22.04580 02 54 45.80 +27 25 11.1           9.1 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 22.04944 02 54 44.80 +27 25 31.0           8.9 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 elongation86 °
Air mass1.76
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 22 03h32m24s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 22 03h34m38s

(Record n° 13293)

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