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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Aug 06 20h21 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.0
Aperture radius used for m13.75 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.4
Aperture radius used for m218.75 "
Coma diameter8 '
Afrho3000 cm
Afrho error200 cm
r (dist/Sun) 2.869 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.898 AU
Right ascension15 17 57.10 h m s
Declination+55 03 59.6 ° ' "
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 2015.08.06 23:44:01
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET NOMAD
    CK14Q020 KC2015 08 06.84805 15 17 57.10 +55 03 59.6          13.4 N      A77
    CK14Q020 KC2015 08 06.85265 15 17 57.41 +55 03 51.7          13.4 N      A77
    CK14Q020 KC2015 08 06.85935 15 17 57.79 +55 03 40.3          13.4 N      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)r
CameraST2000XM
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT
Exposure total time150 s
Exposure details5x30s
Air mass1.1
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogNOMAD
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.75 "/pix
Image processingIsohélie
Observation submission date2015 Aug 06 23h45m22s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 07 11h35m37s

(Record n° 14236)

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