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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2025 Apr 29 09h25 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.2
m2 standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius used for m26.0 "
r (dist/Sun) 4.832 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.083 AU
Right ascension16 43 35.84 h m s
Declination-51 35 11.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 5
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.04.29 14:56:18
NET Gaia EDR3
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
0012P        KB2025 04 29.39209 16 43 35.84 -51 35 11.7          17.7 G      X03
0012P        KB2025 04 29.40061 16 43 35.20 -51 35 11.7          16.9 G      X03
0012P        KB2025 04 29.40854 16 43 34.55 -51 35 10.3          16.9 G      X03
0012P        KB2025 04 29.41575 16 43 34.05 -51 35 09.8          16.9 G      X03
0012P        KB2025 04 29.42297 16 43 33.45 -51 35 10.7          17.5 G      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)360 mm
Instrument focale length1728 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.8
Filter(s)L
CameraPlayer One IMX571 Mono
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Exposure details5x2mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia EDR3
Used softwaresTycho V12.1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.86 "/pix
Observation submission date2025 Apr 29 15h07m02s
Observation modification date2025 Apr 29 15h16m19s

(Record n° 29683)

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