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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Aug 06 20h39 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m211.3 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.869 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.898 AU
Right ascension15 17 57.85 h m s
Declination+55 03 37.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3.8 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.08.06 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020  C2015 08 06.86057 15 17 57.85 +55 03 37.7          13.5 N      C10
    CK14Q020  C2015 08 06.86905 15 17 58.33 +55 03 22.8          13.4 N      C10
    CK14Q020  C2015 08 06.89992 15 18 00.00 +55 02 29.5          13.4 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1140 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.8
Filter(s)None
CameraST8 XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 60s
Moon elongation113 °
Air mass1.09
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.62 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Aug 07 01h07m53s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 07 13h56m35s

(Record n° 14237)

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