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 2391	0	00h 30m 29s	+04° 20’ 20”
Star	HIP 2458	0	00h 31m 15s	+01° 57’ 53”
Star	HIP 2680	0	00h 33m 57s	+02° 00’ 54”
Star	HIP 2686	8.7318	00h 34m 07s	+03° 48’ 32”
Star	HIP 2166	7.0946	00h 27m 20s	+02° 48’ 50”
Star	HIP 2398	8.3224	00h 30m 31s	+03° 16’ 00”
Star	HIP 2500	8.265	00h 31m 42s	+03° 45’ 22”
Star	HIP 2765	7.9918	00h 35m 15s	+04° 05’ 36”
Star	HIP 2988	7.5714	00h 38m 00s	+02° 45’ 49”
Star	HIP 2954	6.2784	00h 37m 30s	+03° 08’ 07”
Star	HIP 2677	7.3838	00h 33m 54s	+03° 19’ 11”
Star	HIP 2521	8.6682	00h 31m 57s	+03° 51’ 44”
Star	HIP 2759	8.9278	00h 35m 13s	+03° 12’ 32”
Star	HIP 2736	8.8972	00h 34m 57s	+04° 22’ 54”
Star	HIP 2781	7.6304	00h 35m 28s	+04° 17’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 132	13.5	00h 30m 10s	+02° 05’ 36”
Galaxy	NGC 128	12.8	00h 29m 14s	+02° 51’ 55”
Galaxy	NGC 125	13.3	00h 28m 50s	+02° 50’ 22”
Galaxy	NGC 182	13.4	00h 38m 12s	+02° 43’ 44”

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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