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 60813	6.1754	12h 27m 51s	-04° 36’ 55”
Star	HIP 60167	7.0424	12h 20m 16s	-04° 30’ 36”
Star	HIP 60298	7.1916	12h 21m 51s	-04° 23’ 10”
Star	HIP 60727	7.5108	12h 26m 47s	-05° 35’ 31”
Star	HIP 60006	8.5954	12h 18m 24s	-05° 01’ 52”
Star	HIP 60418	6.348	12h 23m 15s	-04° 58’ 27”
Star	HIP 60645	8.1446	12h 25m 49s	-04° 51’ 42”
Star	HIP 60389	8.476	12h 22m 56s	-05° 46’ 48”
Star	HIP 60105	8.8334	12h 19m 37s	-05° 51’ 03”
Star	HIP 60574	8.0532	12h 24m 59s	-04° 13’ 30”
Star	HIP 60399	8.805	12h 23m 01s	-05° 35’ 11”
Star	HIP 60436	7.1382	12h 23m 27s	-06° 07’ 08”
Star	HIP 60680	7.6436	12h 26m 08s	-04° 28’ 50”
Galaxy	IC 784	13.8	12h 22m 30s	-04° 39’ 11”

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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