Observation by Jose Chambo: 12P/Pons-Brooks @ 2024 June 26, 17:33 UT...

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Observer

Jose Chambo

Observed

2024 Jun 26 - 00:00

Uploaded

2024 Jul 10 - 22:23

Objects

12P Pons-Brooks

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Constellation

Puppis

Field centre

RA: 07^h35^m
Dec: -34°00'
Position angle: +86°05'

Field size

3°51' × 2°34'

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12p/12p_20240626_jchambo.jpg

Target name

12P Pons-Brooks

Title

12P/Pons-Brooks @ 2024 June 26, 17:33 UT Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks imaged on June 26, 2024, moving away while passing over the background of the Milky Way in the constellation Puppis. With a brightness of magnitude 7.5 and still observable with binoculars from the southern hemisphere, it shows its ion tail with two jets pointing towards the bright blue star f Puppis of magnitude 4.5, and its dust tail in the opposite direction.

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