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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 12 22h30 UT by Jean-Francois Coliac


(Copyright Jean-Francois Coliac)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)5
Aperture radius used for m115 '
Coma diameter20 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)5
Tail length0.66 °
Tail position angle (PA)75 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.319 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.483 AU
InstrumentTélé 135mm
Instrument typeCamera lens
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)45 mm
Instrument focale length135 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)None
Cameraatik 16HR
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number1392x1040
Binning1x1
MountHEQ5
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time2760 s
Exposure details45X1min
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)4
Seeing3
Air mass1.5
LocationAubagne
Reference stars catalogTycho
Used softwaresPRISM
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)9.8 "/pix
Remarks or commentspremières mesures cométométriques Heure TU : milieu de pose
Observation submission date2015 Jan 26 22h55m06s

(Record n° 13333)

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