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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 28 17h34 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m215 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.291 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.698 AU
Right ascension02 28 31.76 h m s
Declination+36 00 56.7 ° ' "
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 2015.01.28 22:49:35
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 28.73179 02 28 31.76 +36 00 56.7          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 28.75222 02 28 27.78 +36 02 13.0          10.1 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 28.76890 02 28 24.13 +36 03 16.6          10.0 N      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraST2000XM
SensorCCD
Sensor size13.4x9.5 mm2
Sensor pixels number1600x1200
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT
Exposure total time600 s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.75 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jan 28 23h03m04s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 28 23h06m21s

(Record n° 13344)

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