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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 28 19h29 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)9.9
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.362 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.287 AU
Right ascension01 31 55.48 h m s
Declination+54 44 07.9 ° ' "
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 2015.02.28 22:44:55
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 02 28.81190 01 31 55.48 +54 44 07.9           9.9 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 02 28.82024 01 31 55.09 +54 44 19.3           9.9 N      A77
    CK14Q020  C2015 02 28.82899 01 31 54.69 +54 44 31.2           9.9 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-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT
Exposure total time1260 s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.75 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 28 22h46m02s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 02 06h42m01s

(Record n° 13472)

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