116P/Wild 4 live position and data

This page shows Comet 116P/Wild 4 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 116P/Wild 4 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 9607	0	02h 03m 32s	+12° 35’ 05”
Star	HIP 10106	0	02h 10m 03s	+12° 20’ 38”
Star	HIP 9828	7.0314	02h 06m 29s	+13° 27’ 42”
Star	HIP 9643	8.8568	02h 03m 56s	+14° 11’ 03”
Star	HIP 9490	8.1718	02h 02m 05s	+12° 10’ 52”
Star	HIP 9405	8.21	02h 00m 49s	+13° 23’ 04”
Star	HIP 9782	7.8426	02h 05m 47s	+13° 20’ 33”
Star	HIP 9430	8.3274	02h 01m 07s	+12° 48’ 30”
Star	HIP 9533	5.8434	02h 02m 35s	+13° 28’ 36”
Star	HIP 10175	7.5696	02h 10m 52s	+13° 41’ 00”
Star	HIP 10094	7.6796	02h 09m 46s	+13° 10’ 32”
Star	HIP 9848	8.1688	02h 06m 41s	+14° 35’ 01”
Star	HIP 9517	6.7632	02h 02m 24s	+12° 41’ 06”
Galaxy	NGC 820	13.7	02h 08m 25s	+14° 20’ 57”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 116P/Wild 4

• 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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