C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 17329)
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 deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 5.2 " r (dist/Sun) 0.992 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.805 AU Right ascension 19 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 type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QSI 532 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA 200 Autoguide No Exposure details 20 x 10s Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro d'Atacama Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.05 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Mar 16 11h16m31s Observation modification date 2017 Mar 16 12h14m41s