Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in the twilight sky, Wolfgang Zimmermann
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in the twilight sky

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in the twilight sky, Wolfgang Zimmermann
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in the twilight sky

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As Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks slowly became visible in the twilight sky, it was already diving into the horizon haze.
Here in the open area, an easterly wind was blowing with strong gusts of wind.

- height above the horizon at around 20:00 CET = 23°
- the brightness of 6.75 mag fell to = 7.08 mag due to the horizon haze
- distance from Earth = 246,900 million km
- crop from the center of the image

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