12P/Pons-Brooks Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 4.295231
Declination: -0.628182 (J2000) Magnitude: 6.5 (Observed: COBS) Constellation: Eridanus
Sun Distance: 123990220 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 237282810 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 19899 | 7.7804 | 04h 16m 06s | +00° 35’ 52” |
Star | HIP 20341 | 5.7238 | 04h 21m 27s | -00° 05’ 52” |
Star | HIP 19953 | 8.5054 | 04h 16m 45s | -01° 08’ 37” |
Star | HIP 20257 | 6.756 | 04h 20m 28s | -01° 18’ 58” |
Star | HIP 19925 | 8.005 | 04h 16m 30s | -00° 34’ 20” |
Star | HIP 20477 | 8.2856 | 04h 23m 19s | -00° 58’ 08” |
Star | HIP 19892 | 7.0802 | 04h 16m 01s | +00° 27’ 14” |
Star | HIP 20463 | 8.4284 | 04h 23m 03s | -01° 21’ 44” |
Star | HIP 20422 | 7.1732 | 04h 22m 28s | -00° 33’ 06” |
Star | HIP 20127 | 7.7074 | 04h 18m 55s | -00° 55’ 27” |
Star | HIP 19867 | 7.8388 | 04h 15m 37s | +00° 00’ 14” |
Star | HIP 19816 | 7.8956 | 04h 14m 58s | -00° 59’ 50” |
Star | HIP 20073 | 8.4658 | 04h 18m 14s | +00° 13’ 38” |
Star | HIP 19725 | 6.447 | 04h 13m 38s | -01° 08’ 59” |
Star | HIP 20282 | 7.571 | 04h 20m 49s | +00° 04’ 34” |
Star | HIP 19748 | 8.2954 | 04h 14m 00s | -00° 29’ 59” |
Star | HIP 20267 | 8.5548 | 04h 20m 40s | -01° 44’ 22” |
Galaxy | NGC 1552 | 14.0 | 04h 20m 17s | -00° 41’ 35” |
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