I've just observed it visually - I did wonder if it was in outburst as it was much more strongly condensed and easier to see than a couple of days ago. Not that much brighter though at mag 8.5

Regards,

Jonathan Shanklin
BAA Comet Section visual observations co-ordinator
https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/

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Subject: RE: [BAA Comets] Comet 12p Pons-Brooks in outburst 20240118_19

Excellent!
This has arrived 35 days after the previous strong outburst.

Richard

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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2024 6:22 PM
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Subject: [BAA Comets] Comet 12p Pons-Brooks in outburst 20240118_19

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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