C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 17486)
Orbital period : 17872.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Apr 11 03h37 UT by Francois KugelComa Total magnitude (m1) 8.5 Aperture radius used for m1 0.8 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 8 " r (dist/Sun) 0.576 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.748 AU Right ascension 23 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 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 Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date 2017 Apr 11 07h48m27s