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 87047	7.9892	17h 47m 09s	+15° 02’ 13”
Star	HIP 86389	8.9208	17h 39m 08s	+15° 52’ 16”
Star	HIP 86732	6.1872	17h 43m 22s	+14° 17’ 42”
Star	HIP 86996	7.9646	17h 46m 40s	+14° 46’ 44”
Star	HIP 87012	8.573	17h 46m 48s	+14° 00’ 33”
Star	HIP 86663	7.6354	17h 42m 26s	+13° 43’ 16”
Star	HIP 86623	5.5162	17h 41m 58s	+15° 57’ 07”
Star	HIP 86546	6.3328	17h 41m 10s	+15° 10’ 42”
Star	HIP 86367	8.4322	17h 38m 53s	+15° 48’ 41”
Star	HIP 86179	6.8304	17h 36m 36s	+13° 48’ 47”
Star	HIP 86435	7.521	17h 39m 40s	+13° 17’ 02”
Star	HIP 86813	6.886	17h 44m 18s	+13° 47’ 02”
Star	HIP 86211	7.4812	17h 37m 02s	+14° 51’ 06”
Star	HIP 86757	8.1028	17h 43m 39s	+15° 00’ 50”
Star	HIP 86103	8.1428	17h 35m 48s	+14° 16’ 20”
Star	HIP 86700	8.6446	17h 42m 52s	+13° 25’ 24”
Star	HIP 86809	6.1886	17h 44m 17s	+14° 24’ 36”
Star	HIP 86601	7.6498	17h 41m 50s	+15° 24’ 57”
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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