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 87515	8.1982	17h 52m 49s	+17° 49’ 59”
Star	HIP 87439	7.541	17h 52m 02s	+16° 37’ 57”
Star	HIP 88181	7.2444	18h 00m 31s	+17° 06’ 11”
Star	HIP 87481	8.4226	17h 52m 26s	+17° 14’ 29”
Star	HIP 87643	8.9612	17h 54m 07s	+16° 56’ 37”
Star	HIP 87943	8.8088	17h 57m 56s	+17° 24’ 17”
Star	HIP 87485	6.5826	17h 52m 31s	+16° 54’ 02”
Star	HIP 87834	6.4594	17h 56m 37s	+18° 36’ 44”
Star	HIP 87626	8.7914	17h 53m 58s	+18° 33’ 51”
Star	HIP 87620	8.1156	17h 53m 56s	+18° 35’ 24”
Star	HIP 87355	7.9394	17h 50m 58s	+18° 21’ 00”
Star	HIP 87823	6.6362	17h 56m 24s	+18° 19’ 37”
Star	HIP 88199	7.6444	18h 00m 42s	+17° 10’ 00”
Star	HIP 88015	8.9328	17h 58m 40s	+18° 54’ 15”
Star	HIP 87692	7.7462	17h 54m 40s	+18° 11’ 08”
Galaxy	NGC 6495	13.5	17h 54m 50s	+18° 19’ 37”
Galaxy	NGC 6500	13.1	17h 55m 58s	+18° 20’ 26”
Galaxy	NGC 6501	13.3	17h 56m 03s	+18° 22’ 26”

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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