12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 27899)
Orbital period : 71.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2023 Nov 28 17h24 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.5 m2 standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius used for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 2.427 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.634 AU Right ascension 18 21 56.91 h m s Declination +38 49 41.0 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/2.8 reflector+CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.11.28 18:41:08
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P KC2023 11 28.72486 18 21 56.91 +38 49 41.0 14.5 R A77
0012P KC2023 11 28.73413 18 21 57.75 +38 49 38.3 14.5 R A77
0012P KC2023 11 28.74339 18 21 58.80 +38 49 35.5 14.5 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 -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 60x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Nov 28 19h44m49s Observation modification date 2023 Nov 28 20h06m50s