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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 30 20h32 UT by Francois Kugel

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m215 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.290 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.734 AU
Right ascension02 21 37.13 h m s
Declination+38 09 29.0 ° ' "
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 2015.01.30 22:25:37
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 30.85523 02 21 37.13 +38 09 29.0          10.3 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 30.86106 02 21 35.94 +38 09 47.7          10.2 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 30.86815 02 21 34.65 +38 10 13.5          10.2 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
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Observation submission date2015 Jan 30 22h26m35s

(Record n° 13351)

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