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 5073	7.8992	01h 04m 50s	+07° 02’ 46”
Star	HIP 5103	7.7988	01h 05m 24s	+08° 19’ 55”
Star	HIP 5511	8.5544	01h 10m 34s	+06° 45’ 02”
Star	HIP 4891	7.8082	01h 02m 49s	+07° 30’ 02”
Star	HIP 5089	8.8986	01h 05m 11s	+07° 52’ 28”
Star	HIP 5111	8.0788	01h 05m 31s	+06° 04’ 15”
Star	HIP 4804	7.6836	01h 01m 39s	+07° 18’ 19”
Star	HIP 4763	8.0058	01h 01m 11s	+08° 02’ 02”
Star	HIP 5231	7.9704	01h 06m 53s	+08° 39’ 08”
Star	HIP 4906	4.1784	01h 02m 56s	+07° 53’ 24”
Star	HIP 5406	8.6664	01h 09m 11s	+08° 17’ 46”
Star	HIP 4978	7.1328	01h 03m 47s	+06° 45’ 53”
Star	HIP 5382	8.7246	01h 08m 51s	+07° 31’ 33”
Star	HIP 4832	7.4396	01h 02m 06s	+07° 56’ 25”
Star	HIP 5218	8.527	01h 06m 43s	+06° 40’ 00”
Star	HIP 4778	7.3598	01h 01m 23s	+08° 27’ 02”
Star	HIP 4708	8.08	01h 00m 30s	+07° 21’ 13”
Star	HIP 5209	6.9124	01h 06m 37s	+08° 21’ 36”
Star	HIP 5216	7.6806	01h 06m 41s	+08° 52’ 07”

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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