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 12599	6.37	02h 42m 00s	+10° 32’ 41”
Star	HIP 12647	6.3092	02h 42m 28s	+10° 44’ 30”
Star	HIP 12787	0	02h 44m 21s	+10° 57’ 41”
Star	HIP 12794	8.782	02h 44m 25s	+09° 13’ 48”
Star	HIP 12828	4.2506	02h 44m 56s	+10° 06’ 51”
Star	HIP 12853	0	02h 45m 15s	+09° 46’ 11”
Star	HIP 12929	8.5598	02h 46m 17s	+11° 46’ 32”
Star	HIP 13018	7.5002	02h 47m 23s	+09° 18’ 28”
Star	HIP 13043	8.9674	02h 47m 37s	+10° 13’ 34”
Star	HIP 13228	8.7234	02h 50m 18s	+11° 36’ 53”
Star	HIP 13364	8.3246	02h 51m 57s	+11° 18’ 24”

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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