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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 25 00h38 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.3
Aperture radius used for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.293 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.645 AU
Right ascension02 42 10.23 h m s
Declination+31 38 42.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.01.25 11:06:49
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 25.02621 02 42 10.23 +31 38 42.0          10.3 N      W96
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 25.03997 02 42 06.84 +31 39 46.1          10.3 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Air mass2.5
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2015 Jan 25 12h10m05s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 25 14h23m10s

(Record n° 13322)

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