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 109332	5.8042	22h 08m 58s	-18° 31’ 10”
Star	HIP 109244	8.6158	22h 07m 52s	-17° 55’ 51”
Star	HIP 109960	8.6656	22h 16m 16s	-17° 12’ 18”
Star	HIP 109297	8.9194	22h 08m 31s	-16° 36’ 42”
Star	HIP 109344	8.3966	22h 09m 06s	-18° 29’ 05”
Star	HIP 109444	8.9186	22h 10m 21s	-15° 56’ 26”
Star	HIP 109271	7.7902	22h 08m 15s	-17° 50’ 08”
Star	HIP 109290	7.23	22h 08m 26s	-16° 32’ 34”
Star	HIP 109634	8.7466	22h 12m 33s	-18° 01’ 37”
Star	HIP 110004	8.1292	22h 16m 50s	-16° 23’ 03”
Galaxy	NGC 7218	12.6	22h 10m 11s	-16° 39’ 34”

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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