Observation by Nick James: 12P/Pons-Brooks

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2023 Nov 16 - 19:19

Uploaded

2023 Nov 16 - 20:51

Objects

12P Pons-Brooks

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Constellation

Hercules

Field centre

RA: 18^h02^m
Dec: +39°53'
Position angle: -1°25'

Field size

0°13' × 0°09'

Equipment

CDK17 + IMX455

Exposure

20x60s

Location

Alnitak Observatory, Spain

Target name

12P/Pons-Brooks

Title

12P/Pons-Brooks

About this image

This image of the expanding coma of 12P starts to show some detail in the otherwise featureless bright inner coma. The diameter of the coma is now around 60 arcsec implying an expansion rate of around 350m/s. The total magnitude of the inner coma is 9.3. The total magnitude of the comet including the outer coma is 8.7.

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Mr Ian David Sharp, Dominic Ford, Peter Carson

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