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 120002	0	05h 59m 25s	+17° 48’ 59”
Star	HIP 28708	8.0128	06h 03m 48s	+18° 15’ 53”
Star	HIP 28647	7.8184	06h 02m 57s	+17° 39’ 56”
Star	HIP 28497	8.0866	06h 00m 55s	+17° 53’ 24”
Star	HIP 28802	7.8034	06h 04m 50s	+16° 39’ 35”
Star	HIP 28710	8.3832	06h 03m 49s	+16° 43’ 55”
Star	HIP 28289	7.3646	05h 58m 40s	+16° 35’ 51”
Star	HIP 28980	7.985	06h 06m 56s	+16° 10’ 37”
Star	HIP 28167	8.9148	05h 57m 07s	+17° 00’ 38”
Star	HIP 29001	7.311	06h 07m 09s	+16° 33’ 22”
Star	HIP 28509	7.6582	06h 01m 05s	+16° 59’ 29”
Star	HIP 28978	6.4606	06h 06m 55s	+16° 22’ 00”
Star	HIP 28447	6.3634	06h 00m 24s	+16° 17’ 56”
Star	HIP 28692	7.961	06h 03m 28s	+18° 10’ 59”
Star	HIP 28815	8.8806	06h 04m 58s	+18° 18’ 39”
Star	HIP 28556	7.2226	06h 01m 39s	+16° 56’ 02”
Star	HIP 28348	7.8946	05h 59m 24s	+17° 48’ 53”

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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