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 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 53P/Van Biesbroeck (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 40420	0	08h 15m 08s	+15° 02’ 25”
Star	HIP 40410	7.288	08h 14m 59s	+16° 04’ 43”
Star	HIP 40675	6.3176	08h 18m 14s	+15° 40’ 40”
Star	HIP 39990	7.245	08h 10m 00s	+17° 00’ 59”
Star	HIP 40194	8.5972	08h 12m 36s	+14° 35’ 17”
Star	HIP 39793	8.9912	08h 07m 52s	+15° 28’ 50”
Star	HIP 39982	8.0134	08h 09m 54s	+17° 15’ 05”
Star	HIP 40231	5.96	08h 12m 59s	+16° 30’ 51”
Star	HIP 39812	8.7136	08h 08m 06s	+16° 25’ 01”
Star	HIP 40130	8.3576	08h 11m 48s	+16° 05’ 52”
Star	HIP 40115	7.1608	08h 11m 36s	+16° 13’ 03”
Star	HIP 40133	7.3086	08h 11m 49s	+16° 31’ 28”
Star	HIP 40113	8.4596	08h 11m 35s	+16° 59’ 52”
Star	HIP 40058	6.2182	08h 10m 58s	+14° 37’ 46”
Star	HIP 40289	8.1504	08h 13m 37s	+16° 38’ 49”

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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