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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Feb 20 18h14 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.341 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.753 AU
Right ascension22 52 06.59 h m s
Declination+37 17 05.1 ° ' "
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 2024.02.21 17:36:28
NET UCAC4
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P        KC2024 02 20.75955 22 52 06.59 +37 17 05.1          11.0 V      A77
0012P        KC2024 02 20.76504 22 52 08.21 +37 17 02.6          11.1 V      A77
0012P        KC2024 02 20.77055 22 52 09.84 +37 16 59.9          11.1 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY600
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details30x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC4
Image resize factor0.125
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2024 Feb 21 18h37m32s
Observation modification date2024 Feb 21 18h38m30s

(Record n° 28237)

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