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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Sep 09 20h25 UT by Hubert Boussier


(Copyright Hubert Boussier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14
Aperture radius used for m212 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.228 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.393 AU
Right ascension15 52 50.06 h m s
Declination+40 41 41.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K21
CON Hubert Boussier [astrild@orange.fr]
OBS H. Boussier
MEA H. Boussier
TEL 0.127-m f/7.3 SC f/7.3 +CCD ST7XME
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.09.10 10:04:19
AC2 astrild@orange.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK14Q020 KC2015 09 09.85043 15 52 50.06 +40 41 41.3          14.0 N      K21
    CK14Q020 KC2015 09 09.85906 15 52 50.60 +40 41 29.4          14.0 N      K21
    CK14Q020 KC2015 09 09.86766 15 52 51.17 +40 41 18.9          14.0 N      K21
InstrumentC5
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)127 mm
Instrument focale length927.1 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.3
Filter(s)L
CameraSBIG ST7-XME
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9x4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765x510
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountVIXEN Sphinx
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time2160 s
Exposure details12x180sn
Observatory MPC codeK21
Location84450
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Sep 10 12h19m27s
Observation modification date2015 Sep 10 12h22m45s

(Record n° 14406)

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