C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 17523)
Orbital period : 17872.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Apr 16 03h37 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 9 Aperture radius used for m1 0.4 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.4 m2 standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " Coma diameter 3 ' r (dist/Sun) 0.525 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.879 AU Right ascension 00 15 50.48 h m s Declination +35 30 45.4 ° ' " 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 2017.04.16 06:18:11
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
CK17E040 KC2017 04 16.15076 00 15 50.48 +35 30 45.4 13.4 N A77
CK17E040 KC2017 04 16.15296 00 15 51.72 +35 30 49.0 13.4 N A77
CK17E040 KC2017 04 16.15649 00 15 53.80 +35 30 56.9 9.0 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 5x10s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Apr 16 06h21m37s Observation modification date 2017 Apr 16 06h31m08s