Image of periodic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, obtained on 2024 Apr. 2 (19h32-19h53UT) with 15-cm, f/3.5 Quattro-150P telescope and Canon 700D camera. Exposure time was 12 minutes at ISO 1600. Image scale is 5.1 arc sec/pixel. Field size 2.5 x 1.6 deg. Images were taken near the village of Sv. Gregor (Sodrazica). Copyright © 2024 by H. Mikuz and A. Mohar, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Image of periodic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, obtained on 2024 Mar. 13 (19h58-20h28UT) in moonlight conditions with 15-cm, f/3.7 Quattro-150P telescope and Canon 700D camera. Exposure time was 51x30 seconds. Image scale is 5.1 arc sec/pixel. Field size 2.5 x 1.6 deg. Image was median combined to weaken the stellar background, eliminate many of the Starlink trails and highlight the structure of the comet tail. Copyright © 2024 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Wide field image of periodic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks (same as above), obtained on 2023 Dec. 10 (17h10-17h50UT) with 19-cm, f/4 Flat-field camera and CMO. Exposure time was 33 minutes (33x60 seconds). Image scale is 4.8 arc sec/pixel. Comet was close to the bright star Vega (up right). Copyright © 2023 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Another outburst of periodic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is udergone. This unfiltered image was obtained on 2023 Oct. 11 (19h10-19h28UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CMO. Exposure time was 14 minutes (14x60 seconds). Image scale is 2.4 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2023 by H. Mikuž, Črni Vrh Observatory.