51P/Harrington live position and data

This page shows Comet 51P/Harrington 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 51P/Harrington (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 49061	8.0028	10h 00m 41s	+17° 34’ 03”
Star	HIP 49297	8.1714	10h 03m 44s	+18° 13’ 12”
Star	HIP 49307	7.8354	10h 03m 53s	+18° 57’ 04”
Star	HIP 49324	0	10h 04m 06s	+18° 47’ 47”
Star	HIP 49422	8.9826	10h 05m 17s	+16° 27’ 55”
Star	HIP 49522	8.0022	10h 06m 40s	+17° 53’ 42”
Star	HIP 49583	3.5154	10h 07m 19s	+16° 45’ 45”
Star	HIP 49635	7.8846	10h 07m 50s	+18° 30’ 48”
Star	HIP 49656	8.7284	10h 08m 14s	+18° 45’ 54”
Star	HIP 49729	6.815	10h 09m 08s	+18° 31’ 50”
Star	HIP 49813	7.919	10h 10m 07s	+18° 11’ 15”
Star	HIP 49928	8.5446	10h 11m 37s	+18° 19’ 02”
Star	HIP 49939	8.7246	10h 11m 47s	+17° 16’ 31”
Star	HIP 49988	7.8538	10h 12m 19s	+17° 17’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 3131	13.9	10h 08m 36s	+18° 13’ 50”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 51P/Harrington

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve

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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