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C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 17872.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Mar 30 04h28 UT by Cyrille Calvet


(Copyright Cyrille Calvet )

r (dist/Sun) 0.753 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.606 AU
Instrumental configurationConfig2
InstrumentAchromat 152/900 Ohara (astro Professional)
Instrument typeRefractor
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)152 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.92
Filter(s)Clear
CameraZWO 1600ASI MC cooled
SensorCCD
Sensor size17.7 x 13.4 mm2
Sensor pixels number4656 x 3520 pixels
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountSW EQ6 progoto
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time960 s
Exposure details8x2mn
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)0.5
Seeing3
LocationTautavel 66720
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.02 "/pix
Image processingDSS
URL for more information or pictureshttp://astronomiecyrille.over-blog.com/2017/03/1ere-image-de-la-comete-c/2017-e4-lovejoy.html
Observation submission date2017 Apr 27 10h30m44s
Observation modification date2017 May 02 01h24m51s

(Record n° 17588)

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