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)
2023 Oct. 24.50 UT  m1=16.6 (m2=17.0) Dia.=0.3' Tail=0.8' in PA 258 deg... [T11] 0.51-m f/4.5 Corrected Dall-Kirkham + CCD... T. Prystavski... iTelescope observatory, U94 (remotely from Great Basin Desert, Beryl Junction, Utah, USA)

U94_2023_10_28-2_multi.txt

MPCReport_calibrated-T11-prystavski-CK22Q78E-20231023-055558-Luminance-BIN1-W-120-001+3.txt

C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
Epoch 2023 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2460200.5
T 2025 Sept. 10.1732 TT Rudenko
q 5.481778 (2000.0) P Q
z -0.000616 Peri. 0.3470 -0.5033915 -0.6930702 T = 2460928.67323 JDT
+/-0.0000034 Node 119.9461 +0.7913167 -0.6096108 q = 5.4817781
e 1.003375 Incl. 36.5480 +0.3470085 +0.3847444
1/a(orig) = +0.000103 AU**-1, 1/a(fut) = +0.002160 AU**-1.

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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

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Comet C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS), Taras Prystavski

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