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 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).

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 95062	7.1796	19h 20m 31s	+50° 20’ 24”
Star	HIP 94814	7.4332	19h 17m 33s	+51° 20’ 47”
Star	HIP 95306	6.528	19h 23m 23s	+50° 16’ 16”
Star	HIP 95074	7.7104	19h 20m 36s	+49° 27’ 35”
Star	HIP 94798	7.2162	19h 17m 18s	+49° 51’ 01”
Star	HIP 94994	8.587	19h 19m 47s	+50° 42’ 06”
Star	HIP 95524	7.2108	19h 25m 49s	+50° 51’ 06”
Star	HIP 94715	7.1086	19h 16m 22s	+49° 25’ 27”
Star	HIP 95580	8.1564	19h 26m 28s	+48° 52’ 15”
Star	HIP 95691	8.5574	19h 27m 48s	+50° 44’ 13”
Star	HIP 95254	8.1674	19h 22m 48s	+48° 53’ 07”
Star	HIP 94920	8.7142	19h 18m 55s	+50° 53’ 06”
Star	HIP 95568	8.103	19h 26m 22s	+50° 59’ 13”
Star	HIP 94887	8.2094	19h 18m 33s	+50° 52’ 26”
Star	HIP 95981	7.4474	19h 31m 02s	+50° 11’ 48”
Star	HIP 95273	8.5722	19h 23m 00s	+51° 02’ 02”
Star	HIP 95575	7.9302	19h 26m 25s	+49° 27’ 48”
Star	HIP 96014	5.4182	19h 31m 19s	+50° 18’ 23”
Star	HIP 94880	7.348	19h 18m 30s	+50° 13’ 39”
Star	HIP 94667	7.7366	19h 15m 49s	+49° 10’ 51”
Star	HIP 94623	6.2592	19h 15m 19s	+50° 04’ 16”
Star	HIP 94890	6.2124	19h 18m 37s	+49° 34’ 09”
Star	HIP 95869	7.9392	19h 29m 55s	+49° 30’ 31”
Star	HIP 95504	8.3118	19h 25m 29s	+50° 04’ 15”
Star	HIP 94518	7.8838	19h 14m 12s	+49° 46’ 03”
Star	HIP 95661	8.1034	19h 27m 32s	+49° 15’ 23”
Star	HIP 95611	7.3628	19h 26m 47s	+50° 08’ 43”
Star	HIP 94922	8.8048	19h 18m 56s	+49° 51’ 35”
Star	HIP 95413	8.701	19h 24m 33s	+50° 14’ 29”

Additional resources

• 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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