Comet Pons Brooks will be at its closest distance of 116.8 million km to the Sun on Sunday, April 21 2024. It thus reached its maximum brightness of magnitude 4.2, expected visible to the unaided eye.
Comets are so unpredictable for sudden flare-ups in brightness, so you might get a chance to catch sight for this spectacular show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Brunei Darussalam, the comet will set in the west-northwest, hovering about 10 degrees above the horizon in the evening twilight all through April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like other comets, 12P\/Pons-Brooks is made of a mixture of ice and rocky materials. As it approaches the Sun, these volatile matters transform to gas and dust which cause an expansive cloud (coma) and a distinctive tail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the end of April, it then fades very rapidly and moves back out into space. Comet Pons-Brooks will take another 71 years for it to complete another full journey around the sun \u2013 a once in a lifetime experience to see the cosmic wanderer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is the comet up in the sky now? Use the ephemeris data below and the online live chart to track comet Pons-Brooks in Brunei via https:\/\/www.bruneiastronomy.org\/starchart<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240401_comet_p12ponsbrookschart.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nUpdated on 09 April 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n