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 15904	0	03h 24m 50s	+12° 15’ 28”
Star	HIP 16296	0	03h 30m 05s	+11° 23’ 15”
Star	HIP 16095	6.2954	03h 27m 18s	+12° 44’ 07”
Star	HIP 16478	6.7828	03h 32m 11s	+11° 32’ 33”
Star	HIP 15922	7.2812	03h 25m 04s	+10° 58’ 35”
Star	HIP 16193	6.6484	03h 28m 36s	+11° 23’ 26”
Star	HIP 16322	5.1254	03h 30m 24s	+11° 20’ 11”
Star	HIP 15633	8.3748	03h 21m 18s	+10° 37’ 47”
Star	HIP 16325	6.8368	03h 30m 26s	+10° 27’ 31”
Star	HIP 16008	8.4566	03h 26m 08s	+12° 28’ 54”
Star	HIP 15918	7.8722	03h 24m 59s	+10° 00’ 36”
Star	HIP 15850	5.9262	03h 24m 10s	+12° 37’ 46”
Star	HIP 15928	7.3978	03h 25m 10s	+12° 29’ 07”
Star	HIP 15857	8.9212	03h 24m 15s	+11° 51’ 39”

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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