C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) (Record n° 17506)
Orbital period : 17872.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Apr 13 03h37 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 9.3 Aperture radius used for m1 0.8 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13.3 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 8 " r (dist/Sun) 0.553 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.797 AU Right ascension 23 46 42.60 h m s Declination +33 14 46.9 ° ' " 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 2017.04.13 06:46:48
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
CK17E040 KC2017 04 13.15077 23 46 42.60 +33 14 46.9 13.1 N A77
CK17E040 KC2017 04 13.15375 23 46 44.41 +33 14 56.6 13.5 N A77
CK17E040 KC2017 04 13.15670 23 46 46.28 +33 15 06.8 9.3 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 15x10s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Apr 13 06h49m44s Observation modification date 2017 Apr 13 07h42m49s