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 58986	0	12h 05m 38s	-04° 44’ 24”
Star	HIP 59005	8.2216	12h 05m 54s	-02° 27’ 47”
Star	HIP 59150	8.5046	12h 07m 49s	-03° 07’ 49”
Star	HIP 59082	8.7848	12h 06m 58s	-05° 03’ 56”
Star	HIP 58769	7.3852	12h 03m 13s	-03° 23’ 42”
Star	HIP 59182	7.415	12h 08m 12s	-04° 17’ 13”
Star	HIP 58491	8.2296	11h 59m 45s	-03° 57’ 17”
Star	HIP 58558	8.1434	12h 00m 27s	-04° 32’ 54”
Star	HIP 58609	8.9408	12h 01m 08s	-03° 34’ 20”
Star	HIP 59010	6.2712	12h 05m 59s	-03° 07’ 53”
Galaxy	NGC 4079	13.6	12h 04m 50s	-02° 22’ 58”

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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