Re: [BAA Comets] Comet 12p Pons-Brooks in outburst 20240118_19
Nick James 18 Jan 2024 18:27 UTC
Excellent catch Denis.
I confirm that the comet is in outburst. It was around 12.7 in 9 arcsec
radius this morning and is 10.3 now. Latest lightcurve attached.
Nick.
On 18/01/2024 18:21, denis buczynski - buczynski8166 at btinternet.com
(via baa-comet list) wrote:
> Nick/Richard,
> 12p in outburst.
> Denis
> # version=2017
> # observatory
> ! mpcCode I81
> ! name Tarbatness
> # submitter
> ! name D.Buczynski
> # observers
> ! name D.Buczynski
> # measurers
> ! name D.Buczynski
> # telescope
> ! design SCT
> ! aperture 0.36
> ! fRatio 6.2
> ! detector CCD
> # software
> ! astrometry Astrometrica 4.12.0.448
> ! photometry Astrometrica 4.12.0.448
> permID |provID |trkSub |artSat |mode|stn |obsTime |ra
> |dec |rmsRA|rmsDec|astCat |mag |rmsMag|band|photCat
> |photAp|logSNR|seeing|exp |rmsFit|nStars|notes|remarks
> 12P| | | | CCD|I81
> |2024-01-18T17:56:57Z |308.03166 |+38.05776 |0.08 |0.09 |
> Gaia2|10.2 |0.05 | G| Gaia2| 9.8 |2.92 |3.2 | 30|0.12 | 357| |
> 12P| | | | CCD|I81
> |2024-01-18T17:57:28Z |308.03181 |+38.05781 |0.08 |0.08 |
> Gaia2|10.2 |0.05 | G| Gaia2| 9.8 |2.95 |3.1 | 30|0.11 | 351| |
> 12P| | | | CCD|I81
> |2024-01-18T17:58:00Z |308.03238 |+38.05805 |0.08 |0.08 |
> Gaia2|10.2 |0.05 | G| Gaia2| 9.8 |2.91 |3.3 | 30|0.12 | 351| |
> OBSERVER: D.Buczynski
> OBS CODE: I81
> TELESCOPE: 0.36m f/6.2 SCT
> EXPOSURE JD: Mid-exposure, not corrected for light time
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> JD mag Flt SNR ZeroPt Cat Design.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 2460328.24788 10.173 G C 827.33 25.413 Gaia2 12P/Pons-Brooks
> 2460328.24825 10.177 G C 886.29 25.420 Gaia2 12P/Pons-Brooks
> 2460328.24861 10.191 G C 811.19 25.416 Gaia2 12P/Pons-Brooks
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