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 32202	7.7862	06h 43m 18s	+18° 08’ 43”
Star	HIP 32824	8.2974	06h 50m 33s	+19° 17’ 52”
Star	HIP 32104	6.2422	06h 42m 24s	+17° 38’ 43”
Star	HIP 32783	7.8424	06h 50m 06s	+17° 35’ 23”
Star	HIP 32465	8.6556	06h 46m 32s	+17° 22’ 01”
Star	HIP 32451	7.0708	06h 46m 21s	+18° 50’ 15”
Star	HIP 32532	7.302	06h 47m 19s	+18° 19’ 22”
Star	HIP 32238	7.3702	06h 43m 47s	+18° 39’ 21”
Star	HIP 32302	8.6508	06h 44m 38s	+19° 59’ 15”
Star	HIP 32324	8.1222	06h 44m 52s	+19° 31’ 39”
Star	HIP 32005	8.9104	06h 41m 13s	+18° 34’ 34”
Star	HIP 32539	6.3474	06h 47m 23s	+18° 11’ 36”
Star	HIP 32023	8.4988	06h 41m 22s	+18° 55’ 59”
Star	HIP 32797	8.0094	06h 50m 14s	+18° 47’ 52”
Star	HIP 32755	7.6108	06h 49m 49s	+17° 59’ 21”
Star	HIP 32727	8.1718	06h 49m 37s	+19° 10’ 03”
Star	HIP 32182	7.9168	06h 43m 08s	+17° 57’ 47”

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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