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Viewing Comet 12P-Pons-Brooks for 2.5 hours

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Viewing Comet 12P-Pons-Brooks for 2.5 hours

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Description

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks has a period of 71 years, and has been a regular visitor to our skies for generations.  This comet may become naked-eye visible in April 2024 and could make a nice photo if paired with the total solar eclipse also taking place that month.  The comet should be about 24 degrees from the sun.

These acquisitions were made using a Celestron EdgeHD-11 SCT in Bortle 3 skies, before the moon rose.  The variation in brightness is due to the passage of clouds during the observing period, and not due to any comet modulation in brightness.

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Viewing Comet 12P-Pons-Brooks for 2.5 hours, Richard Carande