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 89490	0	18h 15m 43s	+18° 56’ 23”
Star	HIP 89850	8.8448	18h 20m 07s	+16° 43’ 06”
Star	HIP 90159	8.5372	18h 23m 55s	+17° 14’ 06”
Star	HIP 89421	8.0936	18h 14m 57s	+18° 28’ 28”
Star	HIP 90086	6.1008	18h 23m 02s	+16° 41’ 16”
Star	HIP 89669	7.3292	18h 17m 54s	+17° 58’ 52”
Star	HIP 90067	5.1336	18h 22m 48s	+17° 49’ 35”
Star	HIP 89711	7.7956	18h 18m 32s	+18° 22’ 51”
Star	HIP 89720	7.8494	18h 18m 36s	+17° 00’ 10”
Star	HIP 89761	8.6142	18h 19m 03s	+17° 28’ 12”
Star	HIP 89536	8.9348	18h 16m 12s	+16° 35’ 12”
Star	HIP 89684	6.2418	18h 18m 07s	+18° 07’ 54”
Star	HIP 89610	8.9674	18h 17m 12s	+19° 02’ 18”

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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