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C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 17872.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Apr 03 03h48 UT by Francois Kugel

Coma Total magnitude (m1)7.4
Aperture radius used for m10.8 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.689 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.619 AU
Right ascension22 00 36.61 h m s
Declination+15 28 34.1 ° ' "
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 2017.04.03 08:07:25
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
    CK17E040 KC2017 04 03.15800 22 00 36.61 +15 28 34.1          11.7 N      A77
    CK17E040 KC2017 04 03.15988 22 00 37.74 +15 28 52.1          11.9 N      A77
    CK17E040 KC2017 04 03.16185 22 00 39.06 +15 29 09.3           7.4 T      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)None
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date2017 Apr 03 08h10m21s

(Record n° 17399)

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