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 111288	0	22h 32m 41s	-20° 59’ 33”
Star	HIP 111192	8.8488	22h 31m 34s	-22° 40’ 36”
Star	HIP 111449	5.1754	22h 34m 41s	-20° 42’ 28”
Star	HIP 111697	8.242	22h 37m 36s	-21° 47’ 50”
Star	HIP 111403	8.9366	22h 34m 09s	-23° 17’ 35”
Star	HIP 111162	8.1574	22h 31m 13s	-22° 59’ 47”
Star	HIP 111416	8.4256	22h 34m 21s	-22° 36’ 07”
Star	HIP 111767	7.764	22h 38m 24s	-22° 44’ 19”
Star	HIP 110958	7.338	22h 28m 49s	-22° 04’ 13”
Star	HIP 111622	7.4166	22h 36m 46s	-21° 05’ 22”
Star	HIP 111865	8.092	22h 39m 32s	-22° 46’ 43”
Star	HIP 111551	7.394	22h 35m 53s	-20° 56’ 04”
Star	HIP 111830	8.1444	22h 39m 06s	-22° 38’ 16”
Galaxy	NGC 7341	13.3	22h 39m 05s	-22° 39’ 57”

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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