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C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 17872.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Apr 11 03h37 UT by Francois Kugel

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.5
Aperture radius used for m10.8 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.576 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.748 AU
Right ascension23 26 08.91 h m s
Declination+30 59 30.3 ° ' "
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 2017.04.11 07:41:50
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
    CK17E040  C2017 04 11.15065 23 26 08.91 +30 59 30.3          12.7 N      A77
    CK17E040  C2017 04 11.15227 23 26 09.99 +30 59 37.5          12.6 N      A77
    CK17E040  C2017 04 11.15389 23 26 11.03 +30 59 43.9          12.5 N      A77
    CK17E040  C2017 04 11.15714 23 26 13.12 +31 00 00.2          12.7 N      A77
    CK17E040  C2017 04 11.16362 23 26 17.15 +31 00 29.4           8.5 T      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date2017 Apr 11 07h48m27s

(Record n° 17486)

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