53P/Van Biesbroeck live position and data

This page shows Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck 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 53P/Van Biesbroeck (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 24634	7.3158	05h 17m 05s	+16° 21’ 05”
Star	HIP 24872	8.2288	05h 19m 58s	+16° 43’ 50”
Star	HIP 24269	8.2308	05h 12m 29s	+17° 12’ 47”
Star	HIP 24609	8.0734	05h 16m 42s	+17° 01’ 12”
Star	HIP 24010	4.7888	05h 09m 41s	+15° 35’ 50”
Star	HIP 24197	5.0206	05h 11m 41s	+16° 02’ 44”
Star	HIP 24103	7.8828	05h 10m 39s	+17° 26’ 24”
Star	HIP 24446	8.9416	05h 14m 39s	+15° 12’ 29”
Star	HIP 24850	8.3296	05h 19m 38s	+15° 47’ 09”
Star	HIP 24104	8.1092	05h 10m 39s	+15° 16’ 46”
Star	HIP 24121	8.4526	05h 10m 50s	+16° 25’ 44”
Star	HIP 24475	7.4476	05h 15m 09s	+15° 03’ 45”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck

• 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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