Re: [BAA Comets] 12P/Pons-Brooks updated lightcurve
Nick James 15 Jan 2024 06:56 UTC
The latest lightcurve shows that the near-nucleus magnitude has risen to
around 12.6 as the comet approaches the Sun. There is no sign of any
significant outburst.
A combination of poor weather and altitude limits and technical problems
at remote telescopes means that we have had a few days recently with no
observations. If you have any data for those dates please let me know.
Nick.
On 10/01/2024 21:18, Nick James wrote:
> The latest lightcurve of 12P is attached. There have been no significant
> outbursts since the one on December 14 although recent measurements from
> three telescopes show that the comet has brightened to around 12.9 in a
> 9 arcsec aperture.
>
> We are coming up to 30 days since the last outburst so please observe
> this comet whenever you can and submit your photometry to the section.
> The comet is now getting lower in the evening sky but it is becoming
> more observable in the morning sky from UK latitudes.