(324) Bamberga
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 Jul 2026	10.1	2.186 AU	1.243 AU	21h00m	-27°35'	150.4°	13.3°
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)                : 0.3403597
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6825606
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.09650
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 327.82350
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 44.18770
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 313.72326
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 11.47094
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 7.70937
            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
2026-07-04 00:00 UT   21 00 23.4   -27 35 05     1.243    2.186  150.4   13.3   272   10.1 
2026-07-04 22:56 UT   20 59 51.0   -27 34 57     1.235    2.182  151.4   12.9   272   10.1 
2026-07-05 00:00 UT   20 59 49.4   -27 34 57     1.234    2.182  151.4   12.9   273   10.1 
2026-07-06 00:00 UT   20 59 13.4   -27 34 48     1.226    2.178  152.5   12.5   273   10.1 
2026-07-07 00:00 UT   20 58 35.4   -27 34 37     1.217    2.175  153.5   12.0   274   10.0 
2026-07-08 00:00 UT   20 57 55.4   -27 34 24     1.209    2.171  154.5   11.6   275   10.0 
2026-07-09 00:00 UT   20 57 13.3   -27 34 08     1.201    2.167  155.5   11.2   276   10.0 
2026-07-10 00:00 UT   20 56 29.4   -27 33 49     1.193    2.164  156.6   10.8   277    9.9 
2026-07-11 00:00 UT   20 55 43.5   -27 33 28     1.185    2.160  157.6   10.3   279    9.9 
2026-07-12 00:00 UT   20 54 55.7   -27 33 02     1.178    2.156  158.6    9.9   280    9.9 
2026-07-13 00:00 UT   20 54 06.1   -27 32 32     1.171    2.153  159.6    9.5   281    9.8 
2026-07-14 00:00 UT   20 53 14.7   -27 31 58     1.164    2.149  160.6    9.0   283    9.8 
2026-07-15 00:00 UT   20 52 21.6   -27 31 18     1.157    2.146  161.7    8.6   285    9.8 
2026-07-16 00:00 UT   20 51 26.8   -27 30 34     1.150    2.142  162.7    8.1   287    9.7 
2026-07-17 00:00 UT   20 50 30.4   -27 29 43     1.144    2.138  163.6    7.7   289    9.7 
2026-07-18 00:00 UT   20 49 32.6   -27 28 46     1.138    2.135  164.6    7.3   291    9.6 
2026-07-19 00:00 UT   20 48 33.2   -27 27 42     1.132    2.131  165.6    6.8   294    9.6 
2026-07-20 00:00 UT   20 47 32.5   -27 26 32     1.126    2.128  166.5    6.4   297    9.6 
2026-07-21 00:00 UT   20 46 30.5   -27 25 14     1.121    2.124  167.4    6.0   300    9.5 
2026-07-22 00:00 UT   20 45 27.3   -27 23 48     1.116    2.120  168.2    5.6   304    9.5 
2026-07-23 00:00 UT   20 44 23.0   -27 22 14     1.111    2.117  169.0    5.3   309    9.5 
2026-07-24 00:00 UT   20 43 17.6   -27 20 31     1.106    2.113  169.7    4.9   314    9.4 
2026-07-25 00:00 UT   20 42 11.2   -27 18 40     1.102    2.110  170.4    4.6   320    9.4 
2026-07-26 00:00 UT   20 41 04.0   -27 16 39     1.097    2.106  170.9    4.4   327    9.4 
2026-07-27 00:00 UT   20 39 56.1   -27 14 29     1.093    2.103  171.3    4.2   334    9.4 
2026-07-28 00:00 UT   20 38 47.5   -27 12 10     1.090    2.099  171.5    4.1   342    9.4 
2026-07-29 00:00 UT   20 37 38.3   -27 09 41     1.086    2.096  171.6    4.1   350    9.3 
2026-07-30 00:00 UT   20 36 28.6   -27 07 02     1.083    2.092  171.5    4.1   359    9.3 
2026-07-31 00:00 UT   20 35 18.6   -27 04 12     1.080    2.089  171.3    4.2     7    9.3 
2026-08-01 00:00 UT   20 34 08.3   -27 01 12     1.077    2.085  170.9    4.4    14    9.3 
2026-08-02 00:00 UT   20 32 57.8   -26 58 02     1.074    2.082  170.4    4.7    21    9.3 
2026-08-03 00:00 UT   20 31 47.3   -26 54 41     1.072    2.078  169.7    5.0    27    9.3 

    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.