287P/Christensen Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 2.256219
Declination: 0.993818 (J2000) Magnitude: 20.66 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cetus
Sun Distance: 507642092 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 647215174 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 10412 | 0 | 02h 14m 10s | +01° 33’ 12” |
Star | HIP 10482 | 6.7466 | 02h 15m 09s | +00° 43’ 12” |
Star | HIP 10445 | 7.0722 | 02h 14m 36s | +01° 40’ 39” |
Star | HIP 10664 | 7.2716 | 02h 17m 13s | +01° 51’ 37” |
Star | HIP 10700 | 7.5622 | 02h 17m 44s | -00° 09’ 35” |
Star | HIP 10600 | 7.1424 | 02h 16m 28s | +02° 14’ 17” |
Star | HIP 10593 | 8.3106 | 02h 16m 23s | +00° 49’ 57” |
Star | HIP 10244 | 8.0878 | 02h 11m 44s | +00° 13’ 24” |
Star | HIP 10217 | 8.1238 | 02h 11m 22s | +01° 40’ 57” |
Star | HIP 10723 | 5.5548 | 02h 18m 01s | +01° 45’ 24” |
Star | HIP 10122 | 8.1586 | 02h 10m 12s | +00° 29’ 39” |
Galaxy | NGC 875 | 14.0 | 02h 17m 04s | +01° 14’ 39” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: