52P/Harrington-Abell live position and data

This page shows Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell 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 in the background 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 52P/Harrington-Abell (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 81197	8.3472	16h 35m 06s	-36° 03’ 39”
Star	HIP 81772	8.9338	16h 42m 08s	-34° 27’ 42”
Star	HIP 81233	8.4846	16h 35m 28s	-34° 39’ 55”
Star	HIP 81092	7.7272	16h 33m 48s	-34° 26’ 26”
Star	HIP 81304	4.0116	16h 36m 22s	-35° 15’ 19”
Star	HIP 81099	7.6538	16h 33m 51s	-35° 32’ 33”
Star	HIP 81603	8.8332	16h 39m 53s	-35° 15’ 38”
Star	HIP 81208	6.6308	16h 35m 13s	-35° 43’ 28”
Star	HIP 81760	8.837	16h 42m 00s	-35° 37’ 34”
Star	HIP 81635	8.4776	16h 40m 35s	-33° 53’ 57”
Star	HIP 81639	6.6276	16h 40m 37s	-35° 41’ 13”
Star	HIP 81335	6.8698	16h 36m 41s	-35° 54’ 58”

Additional resources

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

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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