12P/Pons-Brooks Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 4.845285
Declination: -7.679332 (J2000) Magnitude: 5.4 (Observed: COBS) Constellation: Eridanus
Sun Distance: 135821593 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 234390287 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 21 Apr 2024 03:09 UTC [] |
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).
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 22687 | 8.4732 | 04h 52m 44s | -07° 39’ 06” |
Star | HIP 22690 | 8.274 | 04h 52m 45s | -06° 21’ 29” |
Star | HIP 22419 | 7.8012 | 04h 49m 28s | -08° 07’ 02” |
Star | HIP 22151 | 7.473 | 04h 45m 59s | -06° 59’ 16” |
Star | HIP 22440 | 7.6492 | 04h 49m 42s | -06° 25’ 00” |
Star | HIP 22369 | 7.9672 | 04h 48m 56s | -07° 06’ 36” |
Star | HIP 22644 | 7.4018 | 04h 52m 19s | -07° 53’ 44” |
Star | HIP 22301 | 7.8414 | 04h 48m 09s | -07° 00’ 26” |
Star | HIP 22590 | 7.1582 | 04h 51m 40s | -08° 24’ 04” |
Star | HIP 22649 | 7.2382 | 04h 52m 20s | -07° 42’ 33” |
Star | HIP 22406 | 7.4056 | 04h 49m 19s | -09° 00’ 33” |
Star | HIP 22798 | 8.369 | 04h 54m 15s | -06° 35’ 13” |
Star | HIP 22693 | 8.4194 | 04h 52m 46s | -08° 39’ 20” |
Star | HIP 22909 | 7.963 | 04h 55m 45s | -07° 53’ 37” |
Galaxy | NGC 1666 | 13.6 | 04h 48m 32s | -06° 34’ 14” |
Galaxy | NGC 1667 | 12.8 | 04h 48m 37s | -06° 19’ 13” |
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