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 26202	7.5336	05h 35m 04s	+15° 38’ 20”
Star	HIP 26382	5.515	05h 37m 03s	+17° 02’ 25”
Star	HIP 26777	4.8452	05h 41m 17s	+16° 32’ 03”
Star	HIP 26359	7.6204	05h 36m 49s	+15° 37’ 06”
Star	HIP 26435	8.7438	05h 37m 33s	+16° 33’ 23”
Star	HIP 26748	8.7762	05h 40m 59s	+16° 02’ 40”
Star	HIP 26913	8.0842	05h 42m 48s	+17° 23’ 22”
Star	HIP 26157	8.9406	05h 34m 35s	+17° 08’ 25”
Star	HIP 26689	7.3264	05h 40m 17s	+16° 23’ 35”
Star	HIP 26690	8.2826	05h 40m 18s	+15° 21’ 01”
Star	HIP 26786	6.8048	05h 41m 22s	+17° 31’ 19”
Star	HIP 26475	8.2882	05h 37m 53s	+15° 54’ 57”
Star	HIP 26734	8.8494	05h 40m 48s	+17° 11’ 45”
Star	HIP 26980	8.172	05h 43m 29s	+16° 41’ 54”
Star	HIP 26692	6.9106	05h 40m 18s	+15° 21’ 00”

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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