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 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 52P/Harrington-Abell (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 62371	7.6314	12h 46m 59s	-07° 47’ 58”
Star	HIP 62636	6.949	12h 50m 05s	-07° 37’ 56”
Star	HIP 62383	7.4912	12h 47m 06s	-09° 12’ 51”
Star	HIP 62632	8.1896	12h 50m 01s	-07° 11’ 49”
Star	HIP 62844	8.5636	12h 52m 45s	-08° 42’ 31”
Star	HIP 62912	8.0632	12h 53m 36s	-07° 50’ 20”
Star	HIP 62551	7.437	12h 49m 00s	-09° 13’ 12”
Star	HIP 63225	6.9238	12h 57m 19s	-08° 54’ 38”
Star	HIP 62458	8.6416	12h 48m 00s	-09° 10’ 02”
Star	HIP 62985	4.647	12h 54m 21s	-09° 32’ 20”
Star	HIP 62991	8.4024	12h 54m 26s	-07° 36’ 37”
Galaxy	PGC 43754	14.0	12h 53m 04s	-09° 12’ 01”
Galaxy	NGC 4818	12.1	12h 56m 48s	-08° 31’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 4761	13.6	12h 53m 05s	-09° 12’ 15”
Galaxy	IC 3826	13.6	12h 50m 39s	-09° 01’ 53”
Galaxy	NGC 4770	13.8	12h 53m 32s	-09° 32’ 30”
Galaxy	NGC 4699	10.4	12h 49m 02s	-08° 39’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 4739	13.4	12h 51m 37s	-08° 24’ 37”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell

• 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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