287P/Christensen live position and data

This page shows Comet 287P/Christensen 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 287P/Christensen (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 112400	0	22h 46m 00s	-19° 41’ 46”
Star	HIP 112062	8.9208	22h 41m 51s	-18° 33’ 41”
Star	HIP 112827	8.5046	22h 50m 56s	-18° 44’ 18”
Star	HIP 112530	8.2708	22h 47m 33s	-19° 09’ 46”
Star	HIP 112958	6.97	22h 52m 35s	-19° 02’ 16”
Star	HIP 112438	7.6246	22h 46m 30s	-18° 17’ 11”
Star	HIP 112516	8.528	22h 47m 28s	-17° 34’ 42”
Star	HIP 112211	4.5466	22h 43m 35s	-18° 49’ 49”
Star	HIP 112529	5.1538	22h 47m 33s	-19° 36’ 46”
Star	HIP 112512	6.7582	22h 47m 25s	-17° 33’ 02”
Star	HIP 112624	8.2222	22h 48m 35s	-17° 15’ 21”
Star	HIP 112902	8.5584	22h 51m 46s	-19° 28’ 12”
Star	HIP 112210	8.761	22h 43m 33s	-19° 20’ 56”
Star	HIP 112307	8.5476	22h 44m 53s	-18° 49’ 05”
Star	HIP 112534	8.2402	22h 47m 36s	-18° 04’ 54”
Star	HIP 112180	8.683	22h 43m 14s	-17° 50’ 43”
Galaxy	NGC 7365	13.6	22h 45m 09s	-19° 57’ 06”

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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