12P/Pons-Brooks Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 4.166768
Declination: 1.040039 (J2000) Magnitude: 4.6 (Observed: COBS) Constellation: Taurus
Sun Distance: 121939461 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 237894368 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 19476 | 8.1124 | 04h 10m 17s | +01° 20’ 47” |
Star | HIP 19906 | 8.5056 | 04h 16m 13s | +01° 14’ 26” |
Star | HIP 19183 | 7.7982 | 04h 06m 41s | +01° 41’ 02” |
Star | HIP 19527 | 8.4834 | 04h 11m 00s | +01° 57’ 51” |
Star | HIP 19611 | 6.471 | 04h 12m 09s | +00° 44’ 08” |
Star | HIP 19569 | 6.476 | 04h 11m 31s | -00° 25’ 20” |
Star | HIP 19386 | 7.6038 | 04h 09m 09s | +00° 10’ 44” |
Star | HIP 19545 | 6.8466 | 04h 11m 09s | +02° 19’ 06” |
Star | HIP 19779 | 7.2848 | 04h 14m 25s | +01° 39’ 33” |
Star | HIP 19347 | 7.9054 | 04h 08m 41s | +00° 46’ 59” |
Star | HIP 19140 | 8.2766 | 04h 06m 09s | -00° 01’ 15” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: