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BAA Comet Section

Observer

Rolando Ligustri

Observed

2024 May 16 - 00:00

Uploaded

2024 May 18 - 06:39

Objects

12P Pons-Brooks

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Constellation

Eridanus

Field centre

RA: 04^h58^m
Dec: -08°59'
Position angle: -3°47'

Field size

2°29' × 3°42'

Full filename

12p/12p_20240516_rligustri.jpg

Target name

12P Pons-Brooks

Title

I honestly don't know what's happening in the sky, of course all these very energetic flares are not good for objects traveling in space and which have low density. I say this because, thanks to Lukas, I processed 4 L-files of last night's comet. I don't know if due to the presence of veils, certainly of the Moon, and I also believe of some little lights lit in the box, there are a lot of gradients, but using 3 specific SW, I obtained this image, which, for me, is incredible ; it seems as if the comet had taken more "slaps" and the tail broke several times; Anyway I'll say again that working on files like this is very difficult. Comet 12P Pons-Brooks, from Namibia, SkyGems Remote Observatories, 16/05/2024 from 17:30 UT, apo 106/530 ccd ASI 6200 L=4x120s