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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2023 Jul 22 02h27 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.8
Aperture radius used for m10.2 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.2
Aperture radius used for m23 "
Coma diameter0.40 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)8
Afrho27300 cm
Afrho error1500 cm
r (dist/Sun) 3.870 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.554 AU
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407mm F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.29
Filter(s)None
CameraSONY alpha7S
SensorDC
Sensor size36*24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240*2832
Sensor temperature10 °C
Binning1x1
Mountdobson sur table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time34 s
Exposure details15x1.6+10x1.0s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5.5
Seeing4
Moon phase160 °
Moon elongation180 °
Air mass1.3
LocationBoulonville
Reference stars catalogAPASS
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1 "/pix
Image processingflat, alignement, somme, retrait gradient + crop 20x20'
Remarks or commentsAfrho couche R image RAW de 26s prise à la suite (mR=11.9, mV=11.7)
Observation submission date2023 Jul 24 10h28m07s

(Record n° 27297)

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