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 in the background 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 69842	8.6978	14h 17m 37s	-20° 45’ 29”
Star	HIP 69639	8.182	14h 15m 09s	-22° 33’ 51”
Star	HIP 69613	7.2932	14h 14m 51s	-21° 03’ 53”
Star	HIP 69973	7.8456	14h 19m 05s	-22° 57’ 12”
Star	HIP 69810	8.0494	14h 17m 12s	-21° 47’ 12”
Star	HIP 69848	7.309	14h 17m 41s	-21° 49’ 43”
Star	HIP 69558	8.4636	14h 14m 19s	-23° 07’ 56”
Star	HIP 69503	8.2772	14h 13m 43s	-22° 28’ 11”
Star	HIP 70033	8.0854	14h 19m 48s	-20° 52’ 29”
Star	HIP 70180	8.9416	14h 21m 31s	-22° 49’ 56”
Galaxy	ESO 579-18	14.0	14h 19m 20s	-20° 57’ 03”

Additional resources

• 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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