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 92217	8.6996	18h 47m 38s	+37° 14’ 35”
Star	HIP 92114	8.5448	18h 46m 24s	+38° 19’ 17”
Star	HIP 91898	6.4108	18h 44m 05s	+38° 31’ 58”
Star	HIP 92691	7.7762	18h 53m 13s	+38° 55’ 52”
Star	HIP 91552	6.4768	18h 40m 12s	+38° 22’ 01”
Star	HIP 92537	7.2854	18h 51m 26s	+39° 19’ 14”
Star	HIP 92007	7.4516	18h 45m 10s	+38° 18’ 54”
Star	HIP 92590	7.3126	18h 52m 01s	+37° 30’ 59”
Star	HIP 92395	8.2384	18h 49m 43s	+36° 40’ 34”
Star	HIP 92256	7.3316	18h 48m 02s	+37° 04’ 26”
Star	HIP 92702	8.723	18h 53m 21s	+37° 35’ 42”
Star	HIP 91971	4.3186	18h 44m 46s	+37° 36’ 18”
Star	HIP 92005	8.963	18h 45m 09s	+39° 13’ 32”
Star	HIP 91820	6.2844	18h 43m 16s	+39° 18’ 00”
Star	HIP 92468	7.2432	18h 50m 40s	+39° 20’ 24”
Star	HIP 92666	7.94	18h 52m 59s	+37° 19’ 03”
Star	HIP 91774	7.6216	18h 42m 50s	+36° 57’ 30”
Star	HIP 92387	7.8984	18h 49m 38s	+38° 25’ 39”
Star	HIP 92276	7.6808	18h 48m 21s	+37° 49’ 12”
Star	HIP 92122	7.9954	18h 46m 34s	+38° 21’ 04”
Star	HIP 92720	7.8332	18h 53m 38s	+37° 59’ 07”
Star	HIP 91814	8.4202	18h 43m 13s	+38° 22’ 10”
Star	HIP 92506	8.6178	18h 51m 07s	+38° 58’ 35”
Star	HIP 91973	5.6724	18h 44m 48s	+37° 35’ 40”
Star	HIP 92532	7.122	18h 51m 24s	+38° 37’ 35”
Star	HIP 91951	7.9584	18h 44m 35s	+39° 04’ 15”

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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