Comet 51P/Harrington

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• Position (see also Where is Comet 51P/Harrington?)
• Distance (see also How far is Comet 51P/Harrington from Earth?)
• Rise and set times (see also When does Comet 51P/Harrington rise and set?)
• Brightness (see also How bright is Comet 51P/Harrington?)
• 15 days ephemerides. Table showing celestial coordinates and magnitude of Comet 51P/Harrington for the past and next 7 days.
• Interactive sky chart. An online planetarium application that shows where to locate Comet 51P/Harrington in the sky from your location.
• Live position tracker. A hight precision sky chart that uses real deep sky imagery to help locate Comet 51P/Harrington with your telescope or on your astrophotographies.

Closest approach of Comet 51P/Harrington to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 51P/Harrington to Earth happens on Mon Sep 5 2022 at a distance of 0.71996292 Astronomical Units, or 107,704,919 kilometers:

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

Comet 51P/Harrington brightness

The current visual magnitude of Comet 51P/Harrington is 27.29.

The observed magnitude and coma diameter values are derived from the Comet Observers Database by averaging the values reported in recent observations (more recent than 4 days), when available. The Estimated Magnitude comes from the JPL Horizons ephemerides service and might be inaccurate given the highly dynamic and unpredictable behvior of comets. When available, please refer to the Observed Magnitude value and consider the Estimated Magnitude as a directional indication. We acknowledge with thanks the comet observations from the COBS Comet Observation Database contributed by observers worldwide and used in this table to report recent comet observations.

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Comet 51P/Harrington, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.

Comet 51P/Harrington rise and set times

Today's Comet 51P/Harrington rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

The rise and set times are defined as the time at which the upper limb of Comet 51P/Harrington touches the horizon, consideting the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmoshpere conditions cannot be modeled precisely the times reported here should be considered correct with an approximation of few minutes.

Comet 51P/Harrington 15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Comet 51P/Harrington computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Click on each row of the table to locate Comet 51P/Harrington in our Online Planetarium at the chosen date.

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Constellation
2019 Dec 07	13h 04m 18s	-01° 32’ 52”	27.35	Virgo
2019 Dec 08	13h 04m 50s	-01° 35’ 21”	27.34	Virgo
2019 Dec 09	13h 05m 20s	-01° 37’ 47”	27.33	Virgo
2019 Dec 10	13h 05m 49s	-01° 40’ 11”	27.32	Virgo
2019 Dec 11	13h 06m 19s	-01° 42’ 32”	27.32	Virgo
2019 Dec 12	13h 06m 47s	-01° 44’ 48”	27.31	Virgo
2019 Dec 13	13h 07m 17s	-01° 47’ 02”	27.30	Virgo
2019 Dec 14	13h 07m 45s	-01° 49’ 12”	27.29	Virgo
2019 Dec 15	13h 08m 12s	-01° 51’ 19”	27.28	Virgo
2019 Dec 16	13h 08m 40s	-01° 53’ 22”	27.27	Virgo
2019 Dec 17	13h 09m 07s	-01° 55’ 23”	27.27	Virgo
2019 Dec 18	13h 09m 33s	-01° 57’ 20”	27.26	Virgo
2019 Dec 19	13h 10m 00s	-01° 59’ 12”	27.25	Virgo
2019 Dec 20	13h 10m 26s	-02° 01’ 03”	27.24	Virgo