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C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 17872.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Mar 16 07h41 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.4
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.992 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.805 AU
Right ascension19 28 44.83 h m s
Declination-25 18 48.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.03.16 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK17E040 KC2017 03 16.31988 19 28 44.83 -25 18 48.1          16.6 N      W96
    CK17E040 KC2017 03 16.34420 19 28 54.09 -25 16 42.0          16.2 N      W96
    CK17E040 KC2017 03 16.35569 19 28 58.35 -25 15 42.8          16.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI 532
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details20 x 10s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.05 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Mar 16 11h16m31s
Observation modification date2017 Mar 16 12h14m41s

(Record n° 17329)

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