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C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 17872.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Apr 03 03h24 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.7
Aperture radius used for m10.81 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m28.1 "
Coma diameter7.20 '
Tail length0.6 °
r (dist/Sun) 0.689 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.619 AU
Right ascension22 00 25.98 h m s
Declination+15 26 02.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3.8 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.04.03
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK17E040  C2017 04 03.14153 22 00 25.98 +15 26 02.8          11.2 N      C10
    CK17E040  C2017 04 03.14755 22 00 29.80 +15 26 57.0          11.2 N      C10
    CK17E040  C2017 04 03.15380 22 00 33.75 +15 27 53.4          11.1 N      C10
    CK17E040  C2017 04 03.16223 22 00 39.07 +15 29 10.2          11.1 N      C10
    CK17E040  C2017 04 03.16848 22 00 43.00 +15 30 06.7          11.1 N      C10
    CK17E040  C2017 04 03.17784 22 00 48.97 +15 31 31.5          11.0 N      C10
    CK17E040  C2017 04 03.18409 22 00 52.87 +15 32 28.5          11.0 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1140 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.8
Filter(s)None
CameraST8-XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a Axis Instruments
AutoguideNo
Exposure details59 x 10s
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne (77)
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.62 "/pix
Image processingDDP and LOG
Observation submission date2017 Apr 03 06h47m57s
Observation modification date2017 Apr 03 11h59m57s

(Record n° 17393)

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