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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

2024 April 10, 0248UT

Equipment:

50mm f/3.5 refractor and ST-402ME CCD camera

Description:

12P/Pons-Brooks was magnitude 4.5 in these images and continues its slow fade since it last erupted on 2024 April 2-3 when it was magnitude 4.1. For those who would like to view the comet with binoculars the comet will be several degrees below (west) Jupiter for the next few evenings as it gets dark and then for the next week the comet will be several degrees from Jupiter as it moves from the west of Jupiter to the southwest of Jupiter to the south of Jupiter by April 18.