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 86546	6.3328	17h 41m 10s	+15° 10’ 42”
Star	HIP 86601	7.6498	17h 41m 50s	+15° 24’ 57”
Star	HIP 86623	5.5162	17h 41m 58s	+15° 57’ 07”
Star	HIP 86732	6.1872	17h 43m 22s	+14° 17’ 42”
Star	HIP 86757	8.1028	17h 43m 39s	+15° 00’ 50”
Star	HIP 86809	6.1886	17h 44m 17s	+14° 24’ 36”
Star	HIP 86816	8.9008	17h 44m 21s	+16° 00’ 23”
Star	HIP 86868	8.5266	17h 44m 55s	+16° 41’ 09”
Star	HIP 86996	7.9646	17h 46m 40s	+14° 46’ 44”
Star	HIP 87012	8.573	17h 46m 48s	+14° 00’ 33”
Star	HIP 87047	7.9892	17h 47m 09s	+15° 02’ 13”
Star	HIP 87075	7.6894	17h 47m 37s	+15° 02’ 06”
Star	HIP 87113	7.7786	17h 47m 56s	+14° 45’ 13”
Star	HIP 87153	8.4162	17h 48m 21s	+15° 44’ 00”
Star	HIP 87189	8.0852	17h 48m 46s	+16° 36’ 59”
Star	HIP 87287	8.027	17h 50m 07s	+15° 29’ 43”
Galaxy	UGC 10985	13.9	17h 48m 04s	+14° 44’ 27”

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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