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 21912	0	04h 42m 43s	+16° 30’ 50”
Star	HIP 22004	0	04h 43m 49s	+15° 49’ 53”
Star	HIP 21942	6.5928	04h 42m 59s	+14° 48’ 52”
Star	HIP 21725	7.7738	04h 39m 52s	+17° 29’ 21”
Star	HIP 21554	8.7738	04h 37m 41s	+15° 20’ 46”
Star	HIP 21873	8.048	04h 42m 09s	+15° 58’ 11”
Star	HIP 22225	8.956	04h 46m 49s	+16° 18’ 05”
Star	HIP 21588	5.7588	04h 38m 09s	+16° 02’ 00”
Star	HIP 21673	5.0712	04h 39m 09s	+15° 48’ 00”
Star	HIP 21543	7.503	04h 37m 31s	+15° 08’ 47”
Star	HIP 21421	0.8396	04h 35m 55s	+16° 30’ 35”
Star	HIP 21474	6.5936	04h 36m 40s	+15° 52’ 09”
Star	HIP 22203	8.216	04h 46m 30s	+15° 28’ 19”
Star	HIP 21683	4.6558	04h 39m 16s	+15° 55’ 04”
Star	HIP 21630	7.868	04h 38m 39s	+17° 24’ 29”
Star	HIP 21938	8.0964	04h 42m 58s	+17° 18’ 40”

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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