12P/Pons-Brooks 2024-Apr-06 Gianluca Masi

On the bottom of the panel, there is a short sequence showing how the inner coma looked before the comet developed a tail, with its now famous Millennium Falcon like shape; we used our 14” robotic unit.

The other pictures show the tail, its evolution from the beginning of 2024 to early April (3 months). Here we used our 10”-f/4.5 astrograph. Note that the change in orientation of the tail over time is real, as the camera orientation is the same.

https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2024/04/19/three-months-of-evolution-the-tail-of-comet-12p-pons-brooks-between-3-jan-and-6-apr-2024/