252P/LINEAR live position and data

This page shows Comet 252P/LINEAR 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 below 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 252P/LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 15662	0	03h 21m 43s	+13° 25’ 55”
Star	HIP 15841	0	03h 24m 03s	+13° 03’ 18”
Star	HIP 16445	0	03h 31m 47s	+14° 19’ 23”
Star	HIP 16095	6.2954	03h 27m 18s	+12° 44’ 07”
Star	HIP 15822	8.5762	03h 23m 52s	+13° 50’ 14”
Star	HIP 15894	8.1514	03h 24m 44s	+14° 58’ 25”
Star	HIP 16221	7.3746	03h 28m 58s	+14° 59’ 48”
Star	HIP 16399	8.7228	03h 31m 09s	+13° 34’ 34”
Star	HIP 15975	8.534	03h 25m 41s	+13° 37’ 16”
Star	HIP 16359	8.6058	03h 30m 45s	+14° 17’ 45”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 252P/LINEAR

• 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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