12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 27455)
Orbital period : 71.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2023 Aug 21 20h07 UT by Francois KugelNuclear magnitude (m2) 15.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 3.556 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.347 AU Right ascension 17 33 21.35 h m s Declination +53 38 36.7 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 14
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.08.22 06:40:17
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P KC2023 08 21.83843 17 33 21.35 +53 38 36.7 15.6 R A77
0012P KC2023 08 21.85197 17 33 20.54 +53 38 30.2 15.6 R A77
0012P KC2023 08 21.86476 17 33 19.77 +53 38 24.0 15.7 R A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter(s) R Bessel Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog APASS
Observation submission date 2023 Aug 22 04h42m14s