C/2013 V4 (Catalina)
DEPARTED
Type: Hyperbolic
Perihelion date: 7 October 2015
Perihelion distance (q): 5.2
Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a
Period (years): n/a
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 67.9
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
An 18th magnitude comet was discovered on 9 November 2013 during the course of
the Catalina Sky Survey with the 0.68-m Schmidt.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
11-Dec-13
17.74
0.05
17.4
0.3
28-Dec-13
17.79
0.04
17.1
0.3
08-Jan-14
17.82
0.14
17.6
0.2
30-Jul-14
17.48
0.05
17.0
0.3
04-Aug-14
17.40
0.06
17.1
0.2
10-Aug-14
17.34
0.10
17.1
0.2
27-Aug-14
17.34
0.03
17.1
0.2
20-Sep-14
17.00
0.03
16.1
0.2
26-Sep-14
16.92
0.06
16.1
0.2
01-Oct-14
16.84
0.03
15.7
0.3
06-Oct-14
16.81
0.09
14.8
0.2
14-Oct-14
16.77
0.07
15.9
0.3
20-Oct-14
16.59
0.04
15.6
0.4
25-Oct-14
16.62
0.01
15.9
0.3
30-Oct-14
16.51
0.07
15.6
0.2
17-Nov-14
16.19
0.03
14.2
0.3
22-Nov-14
16.22
0.03
15.1
0.4
27-Nov-14
16.29
0.02
15.5
0.4
09-Dec-14
16.25
0.07
14.4
0.3
14-Dec-14
16.39
0.03
15.3
0.2
19-Dec-14
16.46
0.03
15.4
0.4
25-Dec-14
16.44
0.04
15.5
0.3
18-Aug-15
16.20
0.02
13.4
0.3
09-Sep-15
16.29
0.02
15.2
0.4
16-Sep-15
16.22
0.02
15.0
0.3
17-Sep-15
16.25
0.01
15.0
0.4
27-Sep-15
16.17
0.03
15.0
0.3
07-Oct-15
16.17
0.01
14.6
0.3
17-Oct-15
15.73
0.02
14.6
0.3
04-Nov-15
16.34
0.02
15.3
0.3
13-Nov-15
16.32
0.07
14.9
0.2
19-Nov-15
16.12
0.06
13.0
0.3
03-Dec-15
16.19
0.01
14.8
0.3
09-Dec-15
16.35
0.04
14.2
0.3
19-Dec-15
16.35
0.02
14.9
0.3
05-Feb-16
16.02
0.01
14.8
0.4
14-Jul-16
16.58
0.11
15.1
0.2
23-Aug-16
17.01
0.13
14.6
0.4
31-Aug-16
17.05
0.09
14.9
0.2
07-Sep-16
16.91
0.03
14.3
0.2
14-Sep-16
16.74
0.14
14.5
0.2
22-Sep-16
16.75
0.06
15.1
0.5
28-Oct-16
16.97
0.06
14.5
0.2
19-Dec-16
16.89
0.09
15.4
0.4
27-Dec-16
16.71
0.07
15.3
0.5
21-Jan-17
17.41
0.04
15.9
0.5
04-Feb-17
17.43
0.04
15.3
0.4
16-Feb-17
17.02
0.06
14.5
0.4
24-Feb-17
17.20
0.04
15.3
0.4
03-Mar-17
17.06
0.03
14.8
0.4
29-Mar-17
17.25
0.01
15.4
0.5
18-Apr-17
17.51
0.05
15.8
0.5
25-Apr-17
17.52
0.07
15.9
0.4