C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 17530)
Orbital period : 17872.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Apr 17 03h35 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 9.5 Aperture radius used for m1 0.8 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.4 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 8 " r (dist/Sun) 0.517 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.908 AU Right ascension 00 24 59.76 h m s Declination +36 00 13.6 ° ' " 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 2017.04.17 06:43:43
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
CK17E040 KC2017 04 17.14948 00 24 59.76 +36 00 13.6 13.2 N A77
CK17E040 KC2017 04 17.15105 00 25 00.62 +36 00 16.6 13.6 N A77
CK17E040 KC2017 04 17.15262 00 25 01.53 +36 00 17.4 9.5 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 5x20s 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 17 06h47m44s Observation modification date 2017 Apr 17 07h27m03s