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 in the background 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 111381	7.8366	22h 33m 54s	-04° 53’ 06”
Star	HIP 111668	7.4668	22h 37m 17s	-06° 04’ 02”
Star	HIP 111581	8.245	22h 36m 17s	-05° 09’ 16”
Star	HIP 111238	8.0476	22h 32m 12s	-04° 03’ 45”
Star	HIP 111281	8.1206	22h 32m 36s	-05° 10’ 23”
Star	HIP 111373	8.9744	22h 33m 47s	-04° 27’ 55”
Star	HIP 111710	4.917	22h 37m 45s	-04° 13’ 39”
Star	HIP 112078	6.3396	22h 42m 05s	-05° 06’ 06”
Star	HIP 112019	8.858	22h 41m 24s	-05° 39’ 19”
Star	HIP 111840	7.8764	22h 39m 15s	-03° 36’ 26”
Star	HIP 111484	8.3534	22h 35m 13s	-03° 56’ 52”
Galaxy	PGC 69404	13.5	22h 38m 54s	-05° 51’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 7351	13.1	22h 41m 17s	-04° 27’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 7344	13.8	22h 39m 41s	-04° 10’ 19”

Additional resources

• 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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