12P/Pons-Brooks live position and data

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 below 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).

Current close conjunctions

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 89019	0	18h 10m 04s	+16° 01’ 49”
Star	HIP 89023	6.1384	18h 10m 08s	+16° 28’ 35”
Star	HIP 89208	8.7822	18h 12m 18s	+17° 18’ 08”
Star	HIP 88598	8.7158	18h 05m 25s	+16° 23’ 42”
Star	HIP 89506	8.1226	18h 15m 53s	+15° 20’ 41”
Star	HIP 88778	8.0382	18h 07m 24s	+15° 57’ 24”
Star	HIP 88772	6.5778	18h 07m 21s	+15° 55’ 00”
Star	HIP 89294	6.7256	18h 13m 15s	+16° 16’ 23”
Star	HIP 88590	7.2518	18h 05m 18s	+15° 38’ 50”
Star	HIP 88779	8.6966	18h 07m 24s	+14° 51’ 59”
Star	HIP 88769	7.0928	18h 07m 20s	+15° 14’ 05”
Star	HIP 89350	7.7576	18h 13m 55s	+16° 24’ 58”
Star	HIP 88689	8.3158	18h 06m 20s	+15° 34’ 33”
Star	HIP 88766	8.5786	18h 07m 18s	+15° 56’ 47”
Star	HIP 89536	8.9348	18h 16m 12s	+16° 35’ 12”
Star	HIP 89333	8.4332	18h 13m 40s	+15° 22’ 30”
Galaxy	NGC 6574	12.8	18h 11m 50s	+14° 58’ 50”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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