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), Taras Prystavski
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Comet C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)

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Comet C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
2023 Dec. 02.15 UT  m1=16.3 (m2=16.7) Dia.=0.26' Tail=0.4' in PA 269 deg... [T72] 0.51-m f/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham + CCD... T. Prystavski... (iTelescope observatory, X07 (remotely from Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile))

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X07_2023_12_21-1_multi.txt

MPCReport_calibrated-T72-prystavski-CK22Q78E-20231201-002857-Luminance-BIN2120-001+2.txt

C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
Epoch 2023 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2460200.5
T 2025 Sept. 10.1684 TT Rudenko
q 5.481722 (2000.0) P Q
z -0.000619 Peri. 0.3476 -0.5033957 -0.6930661 T = 2460928.66836 JDT
+/-0.0000021 Node 119.9459 +0.7913119 -0.6096169 q = 5.4817224
e 1.003393 Incl. 36.5481 +0.3470132 +0.3847422
1/a(orig) = +0.000100 AU**-1, 1/a(fut) = +0.002156 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
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

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Comet C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS), Taras Prystavski

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