Observation by Nick James: Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in outburst

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2023 Jul 21 - 22:45

Uploaded

2023 Jul 21 - 23:20

Objects

12P Pons-Brooks

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Constellation

Draco

Field centre

RA: 18^h16^m
Dec: +55°49'
Position angle: +3°51'

Field size

0°28' × 0°20'

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

12x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

12P/Pons-Brooks

Title

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in outburst

About this image

This comet could be a naked eye object next Spring but up to a day or so ago it was a 16th magnitude object, see for instance here. It went into outburst yesterday and I get a total magnitude of 11.8 using comphot. The circular coma is around 26 arcsec in diameter.

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