12P/Pons-Brooks Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 4.114417
Declination: 1.718553 (J2000) Magnitude: 4.6 (Observed: COBS) Constellation: Taurus
Sun Distance: 121196998 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 238128762 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 21 Apr 2024 03:09 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown in the background represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 19056 | 0 | 04h 04m 57s | +01° 48’ 26” |
Star | HIP 19476 | 8.1124 | 04h 10m 17s | +01° 20’ 47” |
Star | HIP 19267 | 8.6402 | 04h 07m 46s | +02° 43’ 32” |
Star | HIP 19183 | 7.7982 | 04h 06m 41s | +01° 41’ 02” |
Star | HIP 19527 | 8.4834 | 04h 11m 00s | +01° 57’ 51” |
Star | HIP 18993 | 5.3128 | 04h 04m 09s | +02° 49’ 38” |
Star | HIP 19545 | 6.8466 | 04h 11m 09s | +02° 19’ 06” |
Star | HIP 19347 | 7.9054 | 04h 08m 41s | +00° 46’ 59” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: