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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2023 Dec 02 17h23 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.377 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.593 AU
Right ascension18 29 15.56 h m s
Declination+38 33 00.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/2.8 reflector+CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.12.02 18:22:23
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P        KC2023 12 02.72435 18 29 15.56 +38 33 00.9          13.2 V      A77
0012P        KC2023 12 02.73308 18 29 16.52 +38 32 59.3          13.3 V      A77
0012P        KC2023 12 02.73707 18 29 16.98 +38 32 58.3          13.3 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details4x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Image resize factor0.5
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2023 Dec 02 19h24m10s
Observation modification date2023 Dec 02 19h30m08s

(Record n° 27901)

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