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 51585	5.2764	10h 32m 11s	+14° 08’ 13”
Star	HIP 51590	7.9444	10h 32m 16s	+12° 55’ 09”
Star	HIP 51682	8.6388	10h 33m 30s	+14° 53’ 50”
Star	HIP 51856	0	10h 35m 41s	+12° 28’ 09”
Star	HIP 51902	7.754	10h 36m 13s	+13° 48’ 46”
Star	HIP 51915	7.9744	10h 36m 21s	+14° 47’ 36”
Star	HIP 51949	8.172	10h 36m 45s	+14° 02’ 43”
Star	HIP 51968	7.7756	10h 37m 01s	+12° 51’ 58”
Star	HIP 52066	8.9068	10h 38m 20s	+14° 16’ 03”
Star	HIP 52070	8.2318	10h 38m 26s	+13° 57’ 03”
Star	HIP 52099	8.005	10h 38m 43s	+14° 01’ 09”
Star	HIP 52107	8.1068	10h 38m 47s	+12° 45’ 41”
Star	HIP 52147	8.2884	10h 39m 10s	+14° 43’ 57”
Star	HIP 52329	7.4672	10h 41m 37s	+13° 58’ 42”
Galaxy	NGC 3299	13.7	10h 36m 23s	+12° 42’ 24”
Galaxy	NGC 3300	13.3	10h 36m 38s	+14° 10’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 3306	13.8	10h 37m 10s	+12° 39’ 11”
Galaxy	NGC 3338	11.6	10h 42m 07s	+13° 44’ 52”

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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