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12P/Pons-Brooks

Perihelion distance : 0.78 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 74 °
Orbital period : 71.7 years
Eccentricity : 0.95

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2023 Aug 11 20h16 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.662 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.410 AU
Right ascension266.19633 °
Declination+54.80981 °
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK L27 2023.08.12 00:12:30
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P         C2023 08 11.84425 17 44 47.12 +54 48 35.3          16.1 R      L27
0012P         C2023 08 11.88349 17 44 44.04 +54 48 21.5          16.2 R      L27
0012P         C2023 08 11.91979 17 44 41.18 +54 48 08.3          16.2 R      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details58 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresAstrometrica
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.49 "/pix
Observation submission date2023 Aug 11 22h16m49s
Observation modification date2023 Aug 12 07h40m06s

(Record n° 27383)

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