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C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 17872.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Apr 09 03h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.4
Aperture radius used for m10.8 '
r (dist/Sun) 0.602 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.705 AU
Right ascension23 04 40.99 h m s
Declination+28 02 29.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3.8 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.04.09 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK17E040  C2017 04 09.12627 23 04 40.99 +28 02 29.4           9.4 T      C10
    CK17E040  C2017 04 09.13457 23 04 46.33 +28 03 18.0           9.4 T      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1140 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.8
Filter(s)Rc (UBVRI)
CameraST8-XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a Axis Instruments
AutoguideNo
Exposure details3 x 10s
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne (77)
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.62 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Apr 09 05h50m40s
Observation modification date2017 Apr 09 07h23m29s

(Record n° 17455)

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