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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 06 21h37 UT by Luc Arnold

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.25 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.538 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.566 AU
Right ascension14 51 38.33 h m s
Declination+70 38 48.7 ° ' "
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 CLR (clear) Astrodon, photometry aperture radius 6.25 arcsec
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.07.06 22:54:19
AC2 luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020 KC2015 07 06.90084 14 51 38.33 +70 38 48.7          13.3 N      K25
    CK14Q020 KC2015 07 06.90909 14 51 38.67 +70 38 33.4          13.3 N      K25
    CK14Q020 KC2015 07 06.91795 14 51 39.04 +70 38 16.6          13.4 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-11 °C
Binning1x1
Observatory MPC codeK25
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/Welcome.html
Observation submission date2015 Jul 07 02h22m48s

(Record n° 14084)

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