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 25555	5.5064	05h 27m 45s	+15° 52’ 26”
Star	HIP 25959	7.9482	05h 32m 18s	+17° 44’ 37”
Star	HIP 25402	7.5482	05h 26m 02s	+15° 40’ 18”
Star	HIP 25278	4.9556	05h 24m 25s	+17° 23’ 00”
Star	HIP 25195	8.0938	05h 23m 26s	+16° 58’ 54”
Star	HIP 25216	6.093	05h 23m 37s	+16° 41’ 57”
Star	HIP 25657	7.6092	05h 28m 50s	+16° 25’ 36”
Star	HIP 26027	8.161	05h 33m 09s	+15° 56’ 38”
Star	HIP 25287	8.5066	05h 24m 34s	+15° 58’ 31”
Star	HIP 25499	5.4098	05h 27m 10s	+17° 57’ 44”
Star	HIP 25220	7.8106	05h 23m 38s	+17° 19’ 26”
Star	HIP 26157	8.9406	05h 34m 35s	+17° 08’ 25”
Star	HIP 25888	8.5598	05h 31m 36s	+17° 19’ 07”
Star	HIP 25589	6.8104	05h 28m 09s	+16° 26’ 20”
Star	HIP 25372	8.245	05h 25m 39s	+16° 38’ 09”
Star	HIP 25583	5.6026	05h 28m 01s	+17° 14’ 21”
Star	HIP 25790	5.9302	05h 30m 26s	+15° 21’ 37”
Star	HIP 25860	8.5568	05h 31m 13s	+15° 46’ 27”
Star	HIP 25410	6.238	05h 26m 05s	+16° 42’ 00”
Star	HIP 26043	8.395	05h 33m 19s	+17° 28’ 33”
Star	HIP 25950	5.4918	05h 32m 14s	+17° 03’ 29”

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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