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 30019	6.2798	06h 19m 01s	+17° 19’ 30”
Star	HIP 30333	7.26	06h 22m 49s	+17° 34’ 26”
Star	HIP 29731	6.4462	06h 15m 41s	+18° 17’ 51”
Star	HIP 29545	6.5898	06h 13m 33s	+18° 40’ 49”
Star	HIP 29798	6.2316	06h 16m 23s	+17° 10’ 53”
Star	HIP 29796	8.6596	06h 16m 23s	+18° 48’ 25”
Star	HIP 30052	8.9354	06h 19m 27s	+16° 34’ 30”
Star	HIP 30146	8.6762	06h 20m 37s	+18° 02’ 27”
Star	HIP 29591	8.6082	06h 14m 10s	+17° 06’ 01”
Star	HIP 29430	8.229	06h 11m 58s	+17° 46’ 04”
Star	HIP 29721	8.9254	06h 15m 36s	+16° 26’ 59”
Star	HIP 29775	7.6228	06h 16m 09s	+19° 03’ 18”
Star	HIP 29986	8.2586	06h 18m 45s	+18° 25’ 41”
Star	HIP 29616	5.8614	06h 14m 28s	+17° 54’ 22”
Star	HIP 29694	6.8234	06h 15m 22s	+16° 25’ 51”
Star	HIP 29665	7.6132	06h 14m 57s	+16° 44’ 45”
Star	HIP 30218	6.1896	06h 21m 25s	+17° 45’ 48”
Star	HIP 29856	7.9212	06h 17m 14s	+18° 40’ 59”
Star	HIP 30293	8.405	06h 22m 19s	+17° 09’ 13”
Star	HIP 29707	8.3458	06h 15m 27s	+17° 45’ 00”
Star	HIP 30220	8.9774	06h 21m 27s	+17° 17’ 42”
Star	HIP 30139	7.4472	06h 20m 34s	+18° 02’ 56”
Star	HIP 29828	8.812	06h 16m 52s	+17° 26’ 18”
Star	HIP 30400	8.2564	06h 23m 33s	+17° 39’ 10”

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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