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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Feb 05 17h54 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.540 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.879 AU
Right ascension21 42 27.20 h m s
Declination+38 13 50.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2024.02.07 06:34:20
NET UCAC4
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P        KC2024 02 05.74601 21 42 27.20 +38 13 50.8          12.1 V      A77
0012P        KC2024 02 05.74706 21 42 27.50 +38 13 50.4          12.2 V      A77
0012P        KC2024 02 05.74810 21 42 27.80 +38 13 50.6          12.2 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details3x20s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2024 Feb 07 07h36m25s
Observation modification date2024 Feb 07 07h37m54s

(Record n° 28183)

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