12P/Pons-Brooks Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 4.938087
Declination: -8.835774 (J2000) Magnitude: 5.6 (Observed: COBS) Constellation: Eridanus
Sun Distance: 138188571 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 233919328 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 23192 | 7.2302 | 04h 59m 26s | -09° 09’ 58” |
Star | HIP 23128 | 7.8884 | 04h 58m 35s | -09° 20’ 02” |
Star | HIP 23262 | 8.4514 | 05h 00m 19s | -08° 38’ 35” |
Star | HIP 22687 | 8.4732 | 04h 52m 44s | -07° 39’ 06” |
Star | HIP 23039 | 8.1324 | 04h 57m 16s | -09° 25’ 07” |
Star | HIP 22930 | 8.7926 | 04h 56m 04s | -10° 09’ 37” |
Star | HIP 22517 | 8.49 | 04h 50m 43s | -09° 32’ 58” |
Star | HIP 23182 | 7.9414 | 04h 59m 18s | -07° 46’ 52” |
Star | HIP 22644 | 7.4018 | 04h 52m 19s | -07° 53’ 44” |
Star | HIP 22825 | 8.7658 | 04h 54m 43s | -09° 47’ 09” |
Star | HIP 22590 | 7.1582 | 04h 51m 40s | -08° 24’ 04” |
Star | HIP 23011 | 6.8624 | 04h 56m 58s | -08° 27’ 31” |
Star | HIP 22649 | 7.2382 | 04h 52m 20s | -07° 42’ 33” |
Star | HIP 22693 | 8.4194 | 04h 52m 46s | -08° 39’ 20” |
Star | HIP 23327 | 8.9346 | 05h 01m 03s | -09° 13’ 29” |
Star | HIP 22909 | 7.963 | 04h 55m 45s | -07° 53’ 37” |
Star | HIP 23230 | 8.4782 | 04h 59m 53s | -07° 49’ 20” |
Galaxy | NGC 1726 | 12.7 | 04h 59m 41s | -07° 45’ 20” |
Galaxy | NGC 1720 | 13.9 | 04h 59m 20s | -07° 51’ 34” |
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