C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 17406)
Orbital period : 17872.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Apr 04 03h47 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 7.5 Aperture radius used for m1 0.8 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 11.8 m2 standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius used for m2 8 " r (dist/Sun) 0.674 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.628 AU Right ascension 22 11 12.39 h m s Declination +17 56 11.1 ° ' " 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 2017.04.04 07:36:58
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
CK17E040 KC2017 04 04.15738 22 11 12.39 +17 56 11.1 11.8 N A77
CK17E040 KC2017 04 04.16216 22 11 15.49 +17 56 52.1 11.8 N A77
CK17E040 KC2017 04 04.16709 22 11 18.58 +17 57 35.1 7.5 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 3x10s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Image resize factor 0.73 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Apr 04 07h47m59s Observation modification date 2017 Apr 04 08h01m31s