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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 24 18h31 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)5.5
Aperture radius used for m11.875 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m215 "
Coma diameter30 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.294 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.629 AU
Right ascension02 43 11.65 h m s
Declination+31 18 24.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.01.24 22:04:01
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 24.77179 02 43 11.65 +31 18 24.7           9.9 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 24.78569 02 43 08.19 +31 19 29.7          10.2 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 24.78861 02 43 07.49 +31 19 43.6          10.1 N      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)RGB
CameraST2000XM
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure total time560 s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.75 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jan 24 22h06m28s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 25 08h46m30s

(Record n° 13311)

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