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12P Pons-Brooks lightcurve

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The first director of the Comet Section, William Frederick Denning, discovered his fifth and final comet from Bristol on the

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was discovered at the start of 2023 when it was 7.5 au from the Sun. It has

Denis Buczynski (Tarbatness) and Mark Phillips (Edinburgh) report another small outburst of this comet. First detection was 2024 Feb 29.82.

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks comes to perihelion this April. It has an orbital period of 71 years and a large nucleus which

BAA member Maxim Usatov has developed a remote observatory, called Alnitak, in southern Spain and he has generously offered the

This is a preliminary report on the latest outburst and a comparison with previous outbursts. It is subject to updates.

Disconnection events The ion tail of a comet is driven away from the coma by the solar wind which flows

Richard Miles on behalf of the Comet Chasers team run by Helen Usher reports another major outburst of this unusual

A lot of items have been appearing in the media about this comet. As with most comets that come to