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 17043	7.2692	03h 39m 13s	+21° 50’ 36”
Star	HIP 16784	8.8538	03h 35m 59s	+23° 54’ 50”
Star	HIP 16668	8.1236	03h 34m 30s	+22° 45’ 34”
Star	HIP 16824	8.5686	03h 36m 28s	+23° 47’ 51”
Star	HIP 16828	8.7868	03h 36m 30s	+21° 46’ 48”
Star	HIP 17148	7.1306	03h 40m 21s	+21° 24’ 20”
Star	HIP 17305	7.3572	03h 42m 15s	+22° 47’ 11”
Star	HIP 17000	6.7	03h 38m 40s	+22° 39’ 34”
Star	HIP 16859	6.7048	03h 36m 58s	+23° 12’ 40”
Star	HIP 17401	7.9152	03h 43m 41s	+23° 38’ 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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