287P/Christensen Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 2.493142
Declination: 1.932766 (J2000) Magnitude: 20.70 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cetus
Sun Distance: 510959695 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 643556860 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 14 Jul 2023 19:26 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 287P/Christensen 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 287P/Christensen (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 11809 | 0 | 02h 32m 17s | +02° 59’ 52” |
Star | HIP 11737 | 7.4658 | 02h 31m 29s | +01° 05’ 39” |
Star | HIP 11853 | 8.714 | 02h 32m 59s | +01° 39’ 50” |
Star | HIP 11724 | 8.6908 | 02h 31m 20s | +02° 16’ 07” |
Star | HIP 11286 | 8.979 | 02h 25m 23s | +01° 35’ 15” |
Star | HIP 11831 | 7.1346 | 02h 32m 42s | +01° 02’ 01” |
Star | HIP 11507 | 8.5014 | 02h 28m 22s | +01° 28’ 54” |
Star | HIP 11474 | 6.3948 | 02h 27m 59s | +01° 57’ 39” |
Star | HIP 11720 | 8.2052 | 02h 31m 16s | +01° 30’ 55” |
Star | HIP 11283 | 8.7252 | 02h 25m 21s | +01° 22’ 27” |
Star | HIP 11736 | 7.5786 | 02h 31m 29s | +01° 05’ 29” |
Star | HIP 12013 | 7.6288 | 02h 34m 53s | +01° 14’ 42” |
Star | HIP 11417 | 8.3588 | 02h 27m 10s | +03° 09’ 23” |
Star | HIP 11587 | 8.4564 | 02h 29m 20s | +00° 46’ 58” |
Star | HIP 12011 | 8.3556 | 02h 34m 50s | +02° 39’ 09” |
Star | HIP 11738 | 5.1382 | 02h 31m 30s | +02° 16’ 01” |
Star | HIP 11616 | 8.8212 | 02h 29m 50s | +03° 09’ 21” |
Galaxy | UGC 2051 | 14.0 | 02h 34m 05s | +01° 21’ 07” |
Galaxy | IC 232 | 13.8 | 02h 31m 11s | +01° 15’ 56” |
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