16P/Brooks Real Time Tracker |
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Right Ascension: 12.936818
Declination: -3.849298 (J2000) Magnitude: 25.63 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Virgo
Sun Distance: 775738806 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 853620009 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 25 Aug 2020 23:43 UTC [] |
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16P/Brooks live position and data
This page shows Comet 16P/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 16P/Brooks (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 62688 | 8.9174 | 12h 50m 44s | -03° 42’ 25” |
| Star | HIP 63348 | 8.9626 | 12h 58m 50s | -03° 31’ 58” |
| Star | HIP 63391 | 8.0762 | 12h 59m 23s | -04° 54’ 24” |
| Star | HIP 62915 | 6.3296 | 12h 53m 38s | -04° 13’ 28” |
| Star | HIP 63414 | 5.7858 | 12h 59m 39s | -03° 48’ 42” |
| Star | HIP 63328 | 6.5176 | 12h 58m 39s | -02° 54’ 12” |
| Star | HIP 63070 | 7.1762 | 12h 55m 21s | -04° 30’ 15” |
| Star | HIP 63494 | 5.8806 | 13h 00m 35s | -03° 22’ 06” |
| Star | HIP 63419 | 8.6398 | 12h 59m 45s | -04° 25’ 48” |
| Star | HIP 62875 | 6.0764 | 12h 53m 11s | -03° 33’ 11” |
| Star | HIP 63099 | 7.62 | 12h 55m 40s | -03° 33’ 02” |
| Star | HIP 63139 | 6.9556 | 12h 56m 15s | -04° 51’ 50” |
| Galaxy | NGC 4843 | 14.0 | 12h 58m 00s | -03° 37’ 18” |
| Galaxy | NGC 4890 | 12.7 | 13h 00m 38s | -04° 36’ 11” |
| Galaxy | NGC 4915 | 12.9 | 13h 01m 20s | -04° 33’ 51” |
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:
- 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
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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