123P/West-Hartley Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 0.677413
Declination: -5.662805 (J2000) Magnitude: 24.70 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cetus
Sun Distance: 754434586 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 881882301 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 5 Sep 2026 21:41 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 123P/West-Hartley 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 123P/West-Hartley (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 3313 | 8.6656 | 00h 42m 11s | -06° 14’ 48” |
Star | HIP 3193 | 5.7914 | 00h 40m 42s | -04° 21’ 06” |
Star | HIP 2843 | 6.68 | 00h 36m 01s | -05° 34’ 13” |
Star | HIP 3402 | 7.2638 | 00h 43m 18s | -06° 20’ 12” |
Star | HIP 2785 | 8.9182 | 00h 35m 31s | -06° 08’ 27” |
Star | HIP 3486 | 8.4624 | 00h 44m 30s | -05° 37’ 34” |
Star | HIP 2916 | 8.103 | 00h 36m 56s | -06° 33’ 49” |
Star | HIP 2919 | 8.3966 | 00h 36m 57s | -06° 06’ 39” |
Star | HIP 2980 | 8.44 | 00h 37m 56s | -05° 59’ 52” |
Star | HIP 3222 | 8.9274 | 00h 40m 56s | -04° 33’ 54” |
Star | HIP 3220 | 7.8686 | 00h 40m 56s | -07° 06’ 48” |
Star | HIP 3549 | 8.635 | 00h 45m 20s | -05° 00’ 32” |
Star | HIP 3260 | 8.368 | 00h 41m 30s | -04° 13’ 58” |
Galaxy | PGC 2470 | 13.9 | 00h 41m 14s | -05° 17’ 33” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: