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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Mar 22 18h43 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter7.3 '
r (dist/Sun) 0.962 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.620 AU
Right ascension01 27 17.10 h m s
Declination+28 01 34.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P.Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P.Ditz
MEA P.Ditz
TEL 0.54-m f/3.75 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2024.03.22 23:48:08
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET PPMXL
0012P         C2024 03 22.78004 01 27 17.10 +28 01 34.1          10.0 V      K97
0012P         C2024 03 22.78017 01 27 17.07 +28 01 33.8          10.1 V      K97
0012P         C2024 03 22.78167 01 27 17.72 +28 01 31.6           9.9 V      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT540
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)540 mm
Instrument focale length2025 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.75
Filter(s)L
CameraAtik 460EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size10x12.5 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time90 s
Exposure details18x5
Moon phase11 °
Moon elongation121 °
Air mass2.6
Observatory MPC codeK97
LocationFreconrupt
Reference stars catalogPPMXL
Used softwaresAstrometrica
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.92 "/pix
Image processingPrism11 & Gimp
Remarks or commentsComète très basse
Observation submission date2024 Mar 23 11h36m52s
Observation modification date2024 Mar 23 11h47m22s

(Record n° 28329)

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