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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Jan 21 17h38 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.739 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.033 AU
Right ascension20 42 45.70 h m s
Declination+38 07 30.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 15
ACK MPCReport file updated 2024.01.22 07:06:30
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P        KC2024 01 21.73481 20 42 45.70 +38 07 30.4          12.1 R      A77
0012P        KC2024 01 21.73990 20 42 46.82 +38 07 30.8          12.2 R      A77
0012P        KC2024 01 21.74476 20 42 47.87 +38 07 30.9          12.2 R      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)Rc (UBVRI)
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details10x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogAPASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2024 Jan 22 08h08m24s
Observation modification date2024 Jan 22 08h10m30s

(Record n° 28098)

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