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Object: 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf (open sky map)

RA 17h 36m 05s Dec -38° 08’ 34” Appar J2000

Mag: 27.60 (Estimated: JPL) Const: Scorpius

Sun Dist: 4997860598.2907 km [ km/s]
Earth Dist: 4979145594.7613 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 21 Mar 2060 07:27 UTC []

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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 85745	0	17h 31m 19s	-39° 01’ 05”
Star	HIP 85747	7.8956	17h 31m 19s	-39° 09’ 55”
Star	HIP 86286	6.6316	17h 37m 51s	-37° 51’ 39”
Star	HIP 85801	8.535	17h 31m 56s	-37° 40’ 54”
Star	HIP 85583	8.4666	17h 29m 20s	-38° 38’ 43”
Star	HIP 85696	2.686	17h 30m 45s	-37° 17’ 44”
Star	HIP 86126	8.3828	17h 36m 04s	-36° 46’ 42”
Star	HIP 85793	8.7122	17h 31m 50s	-38° 44’ 27”
Star	HIP 86418	8.3228	17h 39m 28s	-37° 21’ 52”
Star	HIP 86170	4.1614	17h 36m 32s	-38° 38’ 05”
Star	HIP 86047	6.6254	17h 35m 06s	-38° 47’ 58”
Star	HIP 85684	8.4474	17h 30m 35s	-38° 31’ 10”
Star	HIP 86294	8.8934	17h 37m 57s	-39° 11’ 22”
Star	HIP 86246	6.1336	17h 37m 26s	-38° 03’ 58”
Star	HIP 85589	6.382	17h 29m 25s	-38° 31’ 00”
Star	HIP 85700	6.8784	17h 30m 47s	-37° 26’ 12”
Star	HIP 86079	7.8236	17h 35m 30s	-37° 50’ 51”
Star	HIP 86530	8.5182	17h 41m 00s	-38° 06’ 48”
Star	HIP 86051	8.6836	17h 35m 08s	-38° 37’ 26”
Star	HIP 85927	1.6388	17h 33m 36s	-37° 06’ 13”
Star	HIP 85425	7.8214	17h 27m 22s	-38° 03’ 41”
Star	HIP 86429	8.7922	17h 39m 34s	-38° 23’ 44”
Star	HIP 86445	7.9668	17h 39m 47s	-38° 22’ 06”
Star	HIP 85478	8.591	17h 28m 05s	-38° 04’ 28”
Star	HIP 86119	6.9142	17h 36m 00s	-38° 06’ 07”
Star	HIP 85635	8.4238	17h 30m 03s	-37° 03’ 13”
Star	HIP 86098	6.4782	17h 35m 43s	-37° 26’ 23”

Additional resources

Astronomy databases

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

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
The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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23P/Brorsen-Metcalf live position and data

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