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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2023 Dec 02 18h55 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.8
Aperture radius used for m14 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.4
Aperture radius used for m26 "
Coma diameter7 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)5
Tail length0.13 °
Tail position angle (PA)40 °
Afrho11600 cm
Afrho error500 cm
r (dist/Sun) 2.377 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.593 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 temperature0 °C
Binning2x2
Mountdobson sur table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time122.5 s
Exposure details13x2.5+45x2s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5.5
Seeing3
Moon phase80 °
Moon elongation180 °
Air mass1.4
LocationBoulonville
Reference stars catalogAPASS
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingbin,flat,alignement,somme,retrait gradient
Remarks or commentsAfrho couche sur 90s des poses en RAW m1(60',sursaut) = 10.1 m1(Halo vert 4')= 9.2 m1(coma étendue 8')= 8.8
Observation submission date2023 Dec 04 00h41m26s

(Record n° 27903)

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