126P/IRAS live position and data

This page shows Comet 126P/IRAS 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 126P/IRAS (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 60422	0	12h 23m 20s	-35° 03’ 03”
Star	HIP 60977	0	12h 29m 56s	-36° 29’ 54”
Star	HIP 60449	5.3244	12h 23m 35s	-35° 24’ 45”
Star	HIP 60996	8.5696	12h 30m 05s	-34° 48’ 04”
Star	HIP 60323	6.922	12h 22m 08s	-35° 30’ 43”
Star	HIP 60204	8.222	12h 20m 44s	-36° 12’ 13”
Star	HIP 60755	8.7762	12h 27m 03s	-34° 58’ 22”
Star	HIP 61230	8.8266	12h 32m 48s	-35° 28’ 55”
Star	HIP 61040	8.4398	12h 30m 37s	-36° 14’ 22”
Star	HIP 60822	8.96	12h 28m 02s	-35° 25’ 56”
Star	HIP 60610	5.7126	12h 25m 21s	-35° 11’ 11”
Star	HIP 60191	8.9612	12h 20m 34s	-36° 01’ 46”
Star	HIP 60922	6.9022	12h 29m 08s	-34° 50’ 03”
Star	HIP 60819	7.7264	12h 27m 57s	-36° 42’ 25”
Star	HIP 60166	8.0982	12h 20m 16s	-36° 37’ 54”
Galaxy	IC 3253	12.8	12h 23m 45s	-34° 37’ 18”
Galaxy	ESO 380-19	13.5	12h 22m 02s	-35° 47’ 31”
Galaxy	PGC 41001	14.0	12h 28m 21s	-35° 57’ 34”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 126P/IRAS

• 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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