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 3618	0	00h 46m 24s	+03° 47’ 17”
Star	HIP 3992	6.2732	00h 51m 18s	+03° 23’ 06”
Star	HIP 3416	8.9572	00h 43m 28s	+02° 18’ 28”
Star	HIP 3722	8.6408	00h 47m 47s	+02° 54’ 14”
Star	HIP 3758	8.6264	00h 48m 13s	+02° 43’ 46”
Star	HIP 3326	7.6946	00h 42m 23s	+04° 10’ 00”
Star	HIP 4056	7.7982	00h 51m 56s	+04° 03’ 37”
Star	HIP 4123	8.975	00h 52m 50s	+03° 49’ 03”
Star	HIP 3658	8.914	00h 46m 49s	+04° 50’ 10”
Star	HIP 3357	8.7738	00h 42m 43s	+03° 47’ 25”
Star	HIP 3973	7.5776	00h 51m 04s	+02° 44’ 37”
Star	HIP 3925	8.0454	00h 50m 24s	+03° 22’ 53”
Star	HIP 3518	7.6442	00h 44m 55s	+03° 12’ 03”
Star	HIP 3407	7.9016	00h 43m 23s	+02° 35’ 02”
Star	HIP 3652	8.7204	00h 46m 46s	+02° 21’ 24”
Star	HIP 3276	8.755	00h 41m 46s	+03° 38’ 33”

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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