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 19834	0	04h 15m 10s	+14° 23’ 54”
Star	HIP 19781	8.3778	04h 14m 25s	+14° 37’ 30”
Star	HIP 20205	3.553	04h 19m 47s	+15° 37’ 39”
Star	HIP 20261	5.245	04h 20m 36s	+15° 05’ 43”
Star	HIP 20019	8.2534	04h 17m 38s	+16° 56’ 52”
Star	HIP 19877	6.2726	04h 15m 46s	+15° 24’ 02”
Star	HIP 20357	6.5608	04h 21m 34s	+14° 24’ 35”
Star	HIP 20197	7.4294	04h 19m 44s	+14° 16’ 27”
Star	HIP 20215	6.8102	04h 19m 54s	+16° 31’ 21”
Star	HIP 20440	7.0638	04h 22m 44s	+15° 03’ 22”
Star	HIP 20389	8.8058	04h 21m 58s	+15° 47’ 05”
Star	HIP 19960	6.456	04h 16m 48s	+16° 12’ 52”
Star	HIP 20011	8.2828	04h 17m 27s	+16° 35’ 26”
Star	HIP 20182	8.772	04h 19m 34s	+14° 41’ 32”

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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