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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Apr 10 02h26 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)4.8
Aperture radius used for m13 '
Coma diameter5 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)6
Tail length5 °
Tail position angle (PA)60 °
r (dist/Sun) 0.809 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.609 AU
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument135mm F/D 2.5
Instrument typeCamera lens
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)54 mm
Instrument focale length135 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.5
Filter(s)None
CameraSONY alpha7S
SensorDC
Sensor size36*24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240*2832
Sensor temperature20 °C
Binning2x2
MountOMEGON Minitrack
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time104 s
Exposure details11x4+10x5+10s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5.5
Seeing3
Moon phase165 °
Moon elongation8 °
Air mass5
LocationEl Walamo, Mexique, sud de Mazatlan
Reference stars catalogAPASS
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)13 "/pix
Image processingflat, alignement, alignement comète, somme, retrait gradient
Observation submission date2024 Apr 20 23h15m58s

(Record n° 28409)

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