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 20604	0	04h 24m 47s	+25° 24’ 34”
Star	HIP 20777	0	04h 27m 02s	+25° 42’ 22”
Star	HIP 20866	8.367	04h 28m 20s	+24° 07’ 04”
Star	HIP 20631	8.084	04h 25m 19s	+23° 47’ 16”
Star	HIP 21246	7.7706	04h 33m 28s	+24° 16’ 45”
Star	HIP 20533	6.3158	04h 23m 59s	+24° 18’ 03”
Star	HIP 20812	8.931	04h 27m 34s	+25° 03’ 41”
Star	HIP 20626	7.8082	04h 25m 10s	+25° 44’ 57”
Star	HIP 20531	8.0652	04h 23m 57s	+24° 18’ 13”
Star	HIP 21103	8.459	04h 31m 16s	+25° 01’ 50”
Star	HIP 21174	7.4412	04h 32m 21s	+25° 11’ 08”
Star	HIP 21013	7.1598	04h 30m 22s	+23° 35’ 19”
Star	HIP 20491	7.1418	04h 23m 30s	+24° 24’ 19”

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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