Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Eridanus (Eri)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS), Taras Prystavski
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Comet C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)

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Comet C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)

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Comet C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
2024 Mar. 30.39 UT  m1=16.1: (m2=16.6) Dia.=&0.3' Tail=&0.4' in PA 227 deg... [T31] 0.50-m f/4.4 astrograph + CCD... © T. Prystavski (iTelescope observatory, Q62 (remotely from Siding Spring, Australia))
[evening twilight]

Q62_2024_04_11-1_multi.txt

MPCReport_Calibrated-T31-prystavski_CK22Q78E-20240330-091752-Luminance-BIN1-W-120-001-0+3.txt

C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
Epoch 2024 Mar. 31.0 TT = JDT 2460400.5
T 2025 Sept. 10.2293 TT Rudenko
q 5.479904 (2000.0) P Q
z -0.000720 Peri. 0.3801 -0.5036977 -0.6927987 T = 2460928.72929 JDT
+/-0.0000018 Node 119.9399 +0.7910147 -0.6100009 q = 5.4799040
e 1.003944 Incl. 36.5508 +0.3472526 +0.3846151
1/a(orig) = +0.000105 AU**-1, 1/a(fut) = +0.002162 AU**-1.

image.pngCourtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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Light curve created using "Comet for Windows" software. Copyright(C) Seiichi Yoshida.

Other observations:
2022QE782023 09 19.75 C 16.8 GG 32.0Y 9a720 0.3 0.3m261 ICQ XX PRY01I C 0.30m A4B 5 P3* 1.3s 1.3
2022QE782023 10 24.50 C 16.6 GG 51.0С 5a480 0.3 0.8m258 ICQ XX PRY01I C 0.27m A4B 5 P4* 0.8s 0.8
2022QE782023 12 02.15 C 16.3 GG 51.0C 7a360 0.26 0.4m269 ICQ XX PRY01I C 0.26m A4B 5 P3* 0.7s 0.7

2022QE782024 01 30.13 C 16.2 GG 43.1C 5a480 0.4 0.4m249 ICQ XX PRY01I C 0.45m K6F A4B 5 P4* 1.9s 1.9

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Comet C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS), Taras Prystavski

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