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The observations of comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
and asteroid 357439 2004 BL86

Russian version

    In January 2015 using the Mini-MegaTORTORA multichannel optical sky-monitoring system with subsecond temporal resolution, the observations of comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) and asteroid 357439 2004 BL86 were carried out. Here we present video clips synthesized from the BVR-band data recording (synchronous observations in the three channels).
    The Mini-MegaTORTORA optical sky-monitoring system with subsecond temporal resolution belongs to the Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University and was developed to its order by SAO RAS and Parallax, OOO (Kazan). It was put into operation in 2014. The MMT system provides detection and investigation of fast processes in the near and far cosmos, a location of which is not known in advance, and represents a robotic multichannel (9 lenses) optical telescope with a 900-square-degree field of view and temporal resolution of 0.1 second, equipped with a system of observed data acquisition, analysis, and storage. By the combination of its characteristics, the MMT system has no analogues in the world.

Contact - Beskin G.M.
Video 1.

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). The 60-min-long observations with the Mini-MegaTORTORA system on Jan 19, 2015 at 16:50 UT, exposure time 30 s, BVR synchronously
Video 2.

Asteroid 357439 2004 BL86. The 90-min-long observations with the Mini-MegaTORTORA system on Jan 27, 2015 at 21:40 UT, exposure time 10 s, BVR synchronously