56P/Slaughter-Burnham live position and data

This page shows Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham 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 56P/Slaughter-Burnham (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 62164	8.5522	12h 44m 24s	-11° 19’ 07”
Star	HIP 62383	7.4912	12h 47m 06s	-09° 12’ 51”
Star	HIP 62304	7.985	12h 46m 00s	-09° 18’ 46”
Star	HIP 61904	8.6542	12h 41m 09s	-09° 49’ 22”
Star	HIP 62395	8.6464	12h 47m 14s	-11° 28’ 31”
Star	HIP 62173	8.253	12h 44m 27s	-10° 04’ 52”
Star	HIP 62217	8.0318	12h 45m 04s	-10° 59’ 58”
Star	HIP 62480	8.9962	12h 48m 15s	-10° 58’ 35”
Star	HIP 61903	7.5816	12h 41m 08s	-09° 14’ 43”
Star	HIP 62551	7.437	12h 49m 00s	-09° 13’ 12”
Star	HIP 62458	8.6416	12h 48m 00s	-09° 10’ 02”
Star	HIP 62113	7.6734	12h 43m 48s	-09° 46’ 06”
Galaxy	PGC 43023	14.0	12h 45m 42s	-10° 41’ 23”
Galaxy	NGC 4658	13.0	12h 44m 37s	-10° 05’ 03”
Galaxy	NGC 4682	13.1	12h 47m 15s	-10° 03’ 47”
Galaxy	PGC 43345	12.2	12h 49m 22s	-10° 07’ 08”
Galaxy	UGCA 295	13.3	12h 44m 59s	-09° 08’ 24”
Galaxy	PGC 42437	13.9	12h 40m 17s	-09° 18’ 28”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham

• 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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