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 21334	0	04h 34m 43s	+15° 15’ 54”
Star	HIP 21082	6.1464	04h 31m 07s	+15° 06’ 18”
Star	HIP 21554	8.7738	04h 37m 41s	+15° 20’ 46”
Star	HIP 21029	4.7522	04h 30m 33s	+16° 11’ 38”
Star	HIP 21137	5.9734	04h 31m 51s	+15° 51’ 05”
Star	HIP 21053	6.4636	04h 30m 46s	+16° 08’ 55”
Star	HIP 21280	8.4272	04h 33m 58s	+15° 09’ 49”
Star	HIP 21112	7.722	04h 31m 29s	+13° 54’ 12”
Star	HIP 20877	4.847	04h 28m 26s	+16° 21’ 34”
Star	HIP 20978	8.9964	04h 29m 57s	+16° 40’ 22”
Star	HIP 21257	6.5622	04h 33m 38s	+16° 19’ 24”
Star	HIP 20894	3.3904	04h 28m 39s	+15° 52’ 15”
Star	HIP 21543	7.503	04h 37m 31s	+15° 08’ 47”
Star	HIP 20898	7.9542	04h 28m 47s	+14° 49’ 10”
Star	HIP 20916	6.532	04h 28m 59s	+16° 09’ 32”
Star	HIP 21421	0.8396	04h 35m 55s	+16° 30’ 35”
Star	HIP 20885	3.752	04h 28m 34s	+15° 57’ 43”
Star	HIP 20995	5.6088	04h 30m 08s	+15° 38’ 16”
Star	HIP 21273	4.6314	04h 33m 50s	+14° 50’ 40”
Star	HIP 21474	6.5936	04h 36m 40s	+15° 52’ 09”
Star	HIP 20873	5.877	04h 28m 23s	+14° 44’ 27”
Star	HIP 20815	7.3502	04h 27m 35s	+15° 35’ 21”
Star	HIP 21317	7.8558	04h 34m 35s	+15° 30’ 16”
Star	HIP 21090	8.131	04h 31m 10s	+14° 41’ 23”
Star	HIP 21039	5.4378	04h 30m 38s	+15° 41’ 30”

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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