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 27338	5.4524	05h 47m 26s	+17° 43’ 44”
Star	HIP 27191	7.502	05h 45m 49s	+18° 47’ 32”
Star	HIP 26982	8.7774	05h 43m 30s	+18° 08’ 43”
Star	HIP 27405	8.5438	05h 48m 11s	+17° 29’ 47”
Star	HIP 27428	7.2738	05h 48m 28s	+17° 26’ 00”
Star	HIP 27450	7.228	05h 48m 44s	+18° 14’ 35”
Star	HIP 26879	8.01	05h 42m 24s	+18° 41’ 14”
Star	HIP 27129	6.478	05h 45m 11s	+18° 42’ 15”
Star	HIP 27502	7.787	05h 49m 25s	+18° 37’ 05”
Star	HIP 26913	8.0842	05h 42m 48s	+17° 23’ 22”
Star	HIP 26925	6.6754	05h 42m 53s	+18° 58’ 49”
Star	HIP 26786	6.8048	05h 41m 22s	+17° 31’ 19”
Star	HIP 26886	7.143	05h 42m 28s	+18° 59’ 15”
Star	HIP 27218	7.6018	05h 46m 08s	+18° 51’ 38”
Star	HIP 26734	8.8494	05h 40m 48s	+17° 11’ 45”
Star	HIP 27183	8.0168	05h 45m 40s	+18° 39’ 24”
Star	HIP 27590	7.7162	05h 50m 32s	+18° 01’ 34”
Star	HIP 26826	8.1468	05h 41m 44s	+19° 21’ 25”
Star	HIP 27374	8.6022	05h 47m 52s	+17° 47’ 48”

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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