46P/Wirtanen Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 4.376597
Declination: 21.004753 (J2000) Magnitude: 18.15 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Taurus
Sun Distance: 157818267 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 304421213 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 21 May 2024 12:17 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 46P/Wirtanen 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 46P/Wirtanen (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 20493 | 5.9964 | 04h 23m 32s | +20° 58’ 55” |
Star | HIP 20136 | 8.1546 | 04h 19m 01s | +21° 17’ 57” |
Star | HIP 20641 | 5.2514 | 04h 25m 24s | +22° 12’ 00” |
Star | HIP 20417 | 5.746 | 04h 22m 22s | +20° 49’ 17” |
Star | HIP 20186 | 5.3516 | 04h 19m 36s | +21° 46’ 24” |
Star | HIP 20130 | 8.5142 | 04h 18m 57s | +19° 54’ 24” |
Star | HIP 20349 | 6.7554 | 04h 21m 31s | +21° 02’ 23” |
Star | HIP 20480 | 8.7824 | 04h 23m 22s | +21° 22’ 45” |
Star | HIP 20175 | 7.8504 | 04h 19m 30s | +19° 56’ 52” |
Star | HIP 20712 | 7.292 | 04h 26m 18s | +21° 28’ 13” |
Star | HIP 20087 | 5.6142 | 04h 18m 23s | +21° 34’ 45” |
Star | HIP 20680 | 8.34 | 04h 25m 47s | +21° 08’ 17” |
Star | HIP 20557 | 7.0756 | 04h 24m 14s | +21° 44’ 10” |
Star | HIP 19990 | 4.896 | 04h 17m 15s | +20° 34’ 43” |
Star | HIP 20785 | 8.508 | 04h 27m 07s | +20° 59’ 27” |
Star | HIP 20171 | 5.4944 | 04h 19m 26s | +21° 08’ 32” |
Star | HIP 20181 | 8.6076 | 04h 19m 33s | +21° 03’ 54” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: