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 86676	8.241	17h 42m 32s	+16° 52’ 24”
Star	HIP 86636	8.2632	17h 42m 06s	+17° 02’ 00”
Star	HIP 86927	8.5526	17h 45m 42s	+17° 12’ 51”
Star	HIP 86868	8.5266	17h 44m 55s	+16° 41’ 09”
Star	HIP 86710	8.0624	17h 43m 01s	+17° 40’ 45”
Star	HIP 86623	5.5162	17h 41m 58s	+15° 57’ 07”
Star	HIP 86724	7.9848	17h 43m 16s	+17° 41’ 22”
Star	HIP 87028	8.2382	17h 46m 56s	+17° 53’ 17”
Star	HIP 86541	8.483	17h 41m 07s	+16° 27’ 52”
Star	HIP 87044	5.6228	17h 47m 08s	+17° 41’ 49”
Star	HIP 86975	7.9694	17h 46m 27s	+17° 34’ 09”
Star	HIP 86648	7.1964	17h 42m 15s	+17° 13’ 42”
Star	HIP 87153	8.4162	17h 48m 21s	+15° 44’ 00”
Star	HIP 87189	8.0852	17h 48m 46s	+16° 36’ 59”
Star	HIP 86816	8.9008	17h 44m 21s	+16° 00’ 23”

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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