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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 23 18h49 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m218.6 "
Coma diameter30 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.295 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.612 AU
Right ascension02 47 14.55 h m s
Declination+29 57 48.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.01.23 22:14:49
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 23.78369 02 47 14.55 +29 57 48.5          10.0 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 23.78953 02 47 13.03 +29 58 17.7          10.1 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 23.79578 02 47 11.53 +29 58 47.6          10.0 N      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)IR pro
CameraST2000XM
SensorCCD
Sensor size13.4x9.5 mm2
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT
MotorizationYes
Exposure total time900 s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.75 "/pix
Remarks or commentsGR30
Observation submission date2015 Jan 23 22h18m23s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 23 22h43m14s

(Record n° 13304)

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