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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jun 17 22h25 UT by Luc Arnold

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.25 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.336 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.414 AU
Right ascension14 45 39.31 h m s
Declination+80 29 36.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K25
CON L. Arnold, OHP 04870 Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France [luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr]
OBS L. Arnold
MEA L. Arnold
TEL 0.20-m f/5.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
COM Filter clear (CLR Astrodon), photometry aperture radius 6.25 arcsec
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.06.17 23:48:43
AC2 luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020 KC2015 06 17.93431 14 45 39.31 +80 29 36.7          13.1 N      K25
    CK14Q020 KC2015 06 17.93760 14 45 39.36 +80 29 30.6          13.1 N      K25
    CK14Q020 KC2015 06 17.94088 14 45 39.12 +80 29 24.2          12.9 N      K25
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1100 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.5
Filter(s)Clear
CameraSBIG ST10-XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-18 °C
Binning1x1
Observatory MPC codeK25
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/Welcome.html
Observation submission date2015 Jun 18 08h21m44s

(Record n° 14001)

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