12P/Pons-Brooks Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 3.848961
Declination: 5.130449 (J2000) Magnitude: 4.5 (Observed: COBS) Constellation: Taurus
Sun Distance: 118309249 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 239161507 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 17817 | 0 | 03h 48m 45s | +06° 18’ 02” |
Star | HIP 18058 | 0 | 03h 51m 35s | +05° 56’ 19” |
Star | HIP 18197 | 0 | 03h 53m 32s | +04° 03’ 02” |
Star | HIP 18284 | 0 | 03h 54m 36s | +04° 15’ 43” |
Star | HIP 17645 | 8.5258 | 03h 46m 49s | +04° 52’ 50” |
Star | HIP 18308 | 8.2634 | 03h 54m 49s | +05° 35’ 01” |
Star | HIP 18264 | 8.8888 | 03h 54m 27s | +05° 11’ 28” |
Star | HIP 18089 | 5.6828 | 03h 52m 00s | +06° 32’ 05” |
Star | HIP 18289 | 8.1266 | 03h 54m 41s | +04° 56’ 59” |
Star | HIP 18265 | 7.4062 | 03h 54m 27s | +05° 10’ 28” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: