(324) Bamberga
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	7 Dec 2025	12.8	2.938 AU	3.905 AU	16h25m	-29°58'	9.8°	3.3°
Opposition	27 Jul 2026	9.4	2.101 AU	1.091 AU	20h39m	-27°13'	171.4°	4.1°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of Bamberga are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3404491
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6823713
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.09615
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 327.82765
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 44.20082
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 268.84874
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 11.48823
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 7.71095
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.39            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   16 25 33.8   -29 58 50     3.905    2.938    9.8    3.3   222   12.8 
2025-12-07 15:26 UT   16 26 42.2   -30 01 06     3.902    2.936   10.0    3.3   224   12.8 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   16 27 20.3   -30 02 21     3.900    2.935   10.1    3.4   225   12.8 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   16 29 07.0   -30 05 49     3.895    2.932   10.5    3.5   228   12.8 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   16 30 53.9   -30 09 15     3.890    2.929   10.9    3.6   230   12.8 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   16 32 41.1   -30 12 37     3.885    2.926   11.3    3.8   232   12.8 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   16 34 28.5   -30 15 56     3.880    2.923   11.7    3.9   234   12.8 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   16 36 16.1   -30 19 12     3.875    2.920   12.2    4.1   236   12.8 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   16 38 04.0   -30 22 25     3.869    2.916   12.6    4.2   238   12.8 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   16 39 52.0   -30 25 35     3.863    2.913   13.1    4.4   240   12.8 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   16 41 40.3   -30 28 41     3.858    2.910   13.6    4.6   241   12.8 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   16 43 28.8   -30 31 45     3.852    2.907   14.1    4.7   243   12.8 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   16 45 17.4   -30 34 45     3.845    2.904   14.6    4.9   244   12.8 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   16 47 06.3   -30 37 42     3.839    2.900   15.1    5.1   245   12.8 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   16 48 55.3   -30 40 35     3.833    2.897   15.6    5.2   246   12.9 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   16 50 44.5   -30 43 25     3.826    2.894   16.2    5.4   247   12.9 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   16 52 33.9   -30 46 12     3.819    2.891   16.7    5.6   248   12.9 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   16 54 23.4   -30 48 55     3.812    2.887   17.2    5.8   249   12.9 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   16 56 13.1   -30 51 34     3.805    2.884   17.8    6.0   250   12.9 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   16 58 03.0   -30 54 10     3.798    2.881   18.3    6.2   250   12.9 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   16 59 53.0   -30 56 43     3.791    2.878   18.9    6.4   251   12.9 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   17 01 43.1   -30 59 12     3.783    2.874   19.4    6.5   252   12.9 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   17 03 33.4   -31 01 37     3.776    2.871   20.0    6.7   252   12.9 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.