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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Jan 15 17h24 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10.5
Aperture radius used for m10.81 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.5 "
Coma diameter17.10 '
Tail length0.003 °
Tail position angle (PA)20 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.817 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.100 AU
Right ascension20 21 45.93 h m s
Declination+37 59 13.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3.8 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK C10 2024.01.15 19:39:01
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P         C2024 01 15.72518 20 21 45.93 +37 59 13.9          12.7 R      C10
0012P         C2024 01 15.74664 20 21 49.97 +37 59 17.7          10.5 T      C10
0012P         C2024 01 15.76710 20 21 54.40 +37 59 17.1          12.6 R      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1140 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.8
Filter(s)None
CameraST8 XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a Axis Instruments
AutoguideNo
Exposure details10 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne (77)
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresAstrometrica
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.62 "/pix
Observation submission date2024 Jan 15 19h41m43s
Observation modification date2024 Jan 15 20h01m54s

(Record n° 28065)

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