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 14803	0	03h 11m 10s	+09° 11’ 47”
Star	HIP 15020	0	03h 13m 36s	+07° 42’ 33”
Star	HIP 15074	0	03h 14m 17s	+09° 07’ 51”
Star	HIP 15368	0	03h 18m 07s	+08° 02’ 39”
Star	HIP 15374	0	03h 18m 15s	+09° 14’ 42”
Star	HIP 15310	7.7022	03h 17m 32s	+07° 41’ 24”
Star	HIP 15077	8.198	03h 14m 23s	+09° 12’ 06”
Star	HIP 15572	8.3732	03h 20m 36s	+09° 02’ 01”
Star	HIP 15099	7.711	03h 14m 46s	+08° 58’ 54”
Star	HIP 14842	8.5828	03h 11m 42s	+08° 07’ 07”
Star	HIP 15515	7.4174	03h 19m 56s	+08° 41’ 59”
Star	HIP 15304	7.323	03h 17m 26s	+07° 39’ 20”
Star	HIP 15611	8.1302	03h 21m 00s	+08° 27’ 03”

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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