C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 17373)
Orbital period : 17872.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Mar 29 04h16 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 9.1 Aperture radius used for m1 0.8 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 8 " Coma diameter 7 ' r (dist/Sun) 0.770 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.609 AU Right ascension 21 10 19.98 h m s Declination +02 10 38.6 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.03.29 06:52:35
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET Gaia DR1
CK17E040 KC2017 03 29.17788 21 10 19.98 +02 10 38.6 13.0 N A77
CK17E040 KC2017 03 29.17966 21 10 21.01 +02 10 57.0 12.9 N A77
CK17E040 KC2017 03 29.18143 21 10 22.00 +02 11 13.6 9.1 T A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Filter(s) None Camera Atik460EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 9x10s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog Gaia DR1
Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Mar 29 06h56m38s Observation modification date 2017 Mar 29 12h32m25s