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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jan 31 17h45 UT by Joel Nicolas

Coma Total magnitude (m1)5.9
Nuclear magnitude (m2)9.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m212 "
Coma diameter8.2 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.290 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.752 AU
Right ascension02 18 56.01 h m s
Declination+38 59 03.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD B51
CON J. NICOLAS [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J. Nicolas
MEA J. Nicolas
TEL 0.28-m f/6.5 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.02.01 16:56:09
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.73926 02 18 56.01 +38 59 03.3           9.4 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.74148 02 18 55.60 +38 59 10.6           9.3 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.74453 02 18 55.04 +38 59 20.6           9.4 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.74920 02 18 54.18 +38 59 35.8           9.3 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.74990 02 18 54.05 +38 59 38.1           9.3 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.75081 02 18 53.88 +38 59 41.3           9.4 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.75164 02 18 53.72 +38 59 43.9           9.3 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.75284 02 18 53.50 +38 59 47.7           9.3 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.75403 02 18 53.30 +38 59 51.7           9.4 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.75487 02 18 53.14 +38 59 54.5           9.4 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.75571 02 18 52.98 +38 59 57.2           9.3 N      B51
    CK14Q020  C2015 01 31.75655 02 18 52.83 +38 59 60.0           9.4 N      B51
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)280 mm
Instrument focale length1820 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.5
Filter(s)None
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
Exposure details41*10s
Air mass1.02
Observatory MPC codeB51
Location06 Vallauris
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Observation submission date2015 Feb 01 17h56m14s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 03 16h47m28s

(Record n° 13362)

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