12P/Pons-Brooks Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 5.687190
Declination: -17.573342 (J2000) Magnitude: 6.1 (Observed: COBS) Constellation: Lepus
Sun Distance: 159099469 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 231399126 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 26416 | 8.2534 | 05h 37m 19s | -16° 42’ 00” |
Star | HIP 26800 | 8.0038 | 05h 41m 30s | -17° 42’ 54” |
Star | HIP 26846 | 8.7662 | 05h 42m 00s | -18° 58’ 59” |
Star | HIP 27087 | 8.2324 | 05h 44m 36s | -16° 42’ 42” |
Star | HIP 26896 | 8.0404 | 05h 42m 34s | -17° 01’ 03” |
Star | HIP 26809 | 8.9558 | 05h 41m 35s | -16° 26’ 03” |
Star | HIP 26866 | 6.003 | 05h 42m 14s | -17° 31’ 49” |
Star | HIP 26918 | 8.3704 | 05h 42m 50s | -18° 21’ 42” |
Star | HIP 27038 | 7.1378 | 05h 44m 04s | -18° 17’ 16” |
Star | HIP 26591 | 8.1572 | 05h 39m 08s | -17° 49’ 52” |
Star | HIP 26602 | 6.3998 | 05h 39m 16s | -17° 50’ 57” |
Star | HIP 26605 | 7.5742 | 05h 39m 16s | -17° 49’ 42” |
Star | HIP 27307 | 8.0736 | 05h 47m 07s | -18° 10’ 08” |
Star | HIP 26534 | 7.5394 | 05h 38m 37s | -16° 55’ 08” |
Star | HIP 26821 | 6.2188 | 05h 41m 41s | -16° 43’ 33” |
Star | HIP 26552 | 7.9772 | 05h 38m 46s | -17° 04’ 14” |
Star | HIP 26966 | 5.7318 | 05h 43m 21s | -18° 33’ 26” |
Star | HIP 26504 | 8.5068 | 05h 38m 12s | -18° 42’ 48” |
Galaxy | NGC 1993 | 13.4 | 05h 35m 25s | -17° 48’ 56” |
Galaxy | NGC 2089 | 12.9 | 05h 47m 51s | -17° 36’ 07” |
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