23P/Brorsen-Metcalf live position and data

This page shows Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf 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).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 84716	0	17h 19m 00s	-38° 48’ 51”
Star	HIP 85745	0	17h 31m 19s	-39° 01’ 05”
Star	HIP 85022	7.7248	17h 22m 41s	-38° 12’ 08”
Star	HIP 85747	7.8956	17h 31m 19s	-39° 09’ 55”
Star	HIP 85188	8.687	17h 24m 34s	-39° 31’ 46”
Star	HIP 84836	8.68	17h 20m 21s	-39° 16’ 10”
Star	HIP 85048	5.8114	17h 22m 54s	-37° 13’ 14”
Star	HIP 85352	7.4228	17h 26m 29s	-37° 06’ 43”
Star	HIP 85583	8.4666	17h 29m 20s	-38° 38’ 43”
Star	HIP 85319	8.3374	17h 26m 06s	-37° 36’ 35”
Star	HIP 85359	7.5238	17h 26m 34s	-38° 19’ 43”
Star	HIP 85445	6.5644	17h 27m 41s	-37° 11’ 08”
Star	HIP 85627	8.3218	17h 29m 51s	-39° 42’ 22”
Star	HIP 85793	8.7122	17h 31m 50s	-38° 44’ 27”
Star	HIP 84666	8.362	17h 18m 31s	-38° 47’ 33”
Star	HIP 85684	8.4474	17h 30m 35s	-38° 31’ 10”
Star	HIP 85589	6.382	17h 29m 25s	-38° 31’ 00”
Star	HIP 84745	7.873	17h 19m 24s	-38° 00’ 13”
Star	HIP 84634	6.9028	17h 18m 05s	-38° 09’ 50”
Star	HIP 85020	6.3068	17h 22m 39s	-37° 48’ 16”
Star	HIP 85425	7.8214	17h 27m 22s	-38° 03’ 41”
Star	HIP 85036	8.6446	17h 22m 46s	-37° 39’ 21”
Star	HIP 85478	8.591	17h 28m 05s	-38° 04’ 28”
Star	HIP 84865	7.2128	17h 20m 42s	-38° 01’ 14”
Star	HIP 85364	8.6418	17h 26m 37s	-38° 10’ 07”

Additional resources

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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