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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 22 20h36 UT by Philippe Roux


(Copyright Philippe Roux)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)5.8
Aperture radius used for m11.3 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)9.6
Aperture radius used for m212 "
Coma condensation degree (DC)4
r (dist/Sun) 1.296 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.597 AU
Right ascension02 51 11 h m s
Declination+28 38 07 ° ' "
InstrumentLX50 8"
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1260 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.3
CameraCANON EOS 350D
SensorDC
Sensor size22.2x14.8 mm2
Sensor pixels number3456x2304
Sensor temperature5 °C
MountLX50
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time600 s
Exposure details3x200
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5.5
Seeing4
LocationPLOUMILLIAU 22300 FRANCE
Reference stars catalogGSC (HST)
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.05 "/pix
Image processingsoustraction moyenne de 5 darks
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.astrosurf.com/rouxph/index.html
Remarks or commentsséquence de poses longues avorté suite à problèmes techniques sur minuteur.
Observation submission date2015 Jan 24 22h57m38s

(Record n° 13313)

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