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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2023 Sep 19 19h31 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.241 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.178 AU
Right ascension17 18 34.69 h m s
Declination+48 53 29.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.09.21 05:34:19
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P        KC2023 09 19.81349 17 18 34.69 +48 53 29.5          15.8 V      A77
0012P        KC2023 09 19.82188 17 18 34.66 +48 53 24.2          15.8 V      A77
0012P        KC2023 09 19.82998 17 18 34.63 +48 53 18.7          15.9 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-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details30x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogAPASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2023 Sep 21 05h35m39s
Observation modification date2023 Sep 21 05h37m36s

(Record n° 27606)

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