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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Jan 14 17h22 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.830 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.111 AU
Right ascension20 18 25.24 h m s
Declination+37 57 51.1 ° ' "
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 2024.01.14 20:20:26
NET UCAC4
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P        KC2024 01 14.72362 20 18 25.24 +37 57 51.1          12.9 V      A77
0012P        KC2024 01 14.72836 20 18 26.19 +37 57 51.2          12.9 V      A77
0012P        KC2024 01 14.73326 20 18 27.17 +37 57 51.5          12.8 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
Exposure details10x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2024 Jan 14 22h42m52s
Observation modification date2024 Jan 14 22h44m09s

(Record n° 28058)

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