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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Sep 30 19h15 UT by Jean-Francois Coliac


(Copyright Jean-Francois Coliac)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.5
Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.1
Aperture radius used for m25 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.447 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.740 AU
Instrument typeCassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)431 mm
Instrument focale length2939 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.81
Filter(s)None
CameraSBIG STL 11000
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number2004x1336
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time600 s
Exposure details10x60s
Moon phase21 °
Moon elongation126 °
Air mass1.6
Observatory MPC codeI89
LocationNerpio
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Jan 15 20h39m48s

(Record n° 15056)

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