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Steven Bellavia
Southold, NY
02/25/2024
07:00 pm

Equipment Details:

Borg 90FL f/4 Fluorite apo doublet refractor
ZWO ASI 183MC Pro camera
SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro equatorial mount

Post-processing Details:

28 x 120 second images calibrated, aligned and stacked in PixInsight

Image Details:

Comet 12P Pons-Brooks is the 12th periodic comet discovered since 1P Halley, with an orbital period of 71 years, very similar to Halley's comet. It was discovered in 1812 by Jean-Louis Pons and then confirmed by William Robert Brooks in 1883.
The comet nucleus is estimated to be around 30 km in diameter.
Perihelion is 21 April 2024 with closest approach to Earth being 1.55 AU on 2 June 2024., when it might be visible to the naked eye at magnitude 4.5
This comet might be naked-eye visible during the total solar eclipse, being 24 degrees East of the sun and only 6 degrees west of Jupiter.