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 86330	8.2232	17h 38m 22s	+11° 29’ 09”
Star	HIP 86912	7.0486	17h 45m 31s	+13° 01’ 10”
Star	HIP 86041	7.272	17h 35m 02s	+13° 08’ 15”
Star	HIP 86663	7.6354	17h 42m 26s	+13° 43’ 16”
Star	HIP 86212	7.8572	17h 37m 03s	+11° 39’ 19”
Star	HIP 86179	6.8304	17h 36m 36s	+13° 48’ 47”
Star	HIP 86333	7.4112	17h 38m 25s	+12° 44’ 14”
Star	HIP 86435	7.521	17h 39m 40s	+13° 17’ 02”
Star	HIP 85979	6.442	17h 34m 21s	+13° 09’ 39”
Star	HIP 86172	6.8952	17h 36m 33s	+13° 15’ 33”
Star	HIP 86283	8.2388	17h 37m 49s	+11° 41’ 16”
Star	HIP 86877	7.5378	17h 45m 00s	+13° 01’ 28”
Star	HIP 86813	6.886	17h 44m 18s	+13° 47’ 02”
Star	HIP 86070	8.0996	17h 35m 26s	+13° 21’ 42”
Star	HIP 86373	6.0902	17h 38m 57s	+13° 19’ 44”
Star	HIP 86700	8.6446	17h 42m 52s	+13° 25’ 24”
Star	HIP 86032	2.0722	17h 34m 56s	+12° 33’ 38”
Star	HIP 86107	6.6118	17h 35m 50s	+12° 02’ 48”

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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