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 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).

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 5443	0	01h 09m 38s	-07° 10’ 46”
Star	HIP 5590	7.8112	01h 11m 41s	-07° 55’ 45”
Star	HIP 5301	8.4122	01h 07m 48s	-08° 14’ 01”
Star	HIP 5047	8.4074	01h 04m 38s	-07° 40’ 27”
Star	HIP 5760	7.4294	01h 13m 55s	-07° 37’ 20”
Star	HIP 5356	7.8534	01h 08m 26s	-06° 10’ 30”
Star	HIP 5666	6.4956	01h 12m 47s	-06° 47’ 00”
Star	HIP 5504	7.6522	01h 10m 30s	-06° 05’ 04”
Galaxy	PGC 3853	12.5	01h 05m 04s	-06° 12’ 32”
Galaxy	PGC 4249	13.5	01h 11m 12s	-07° 32’ 48”
Galaxy	PGC 4194	13.6	01h 10m 39s	-07° 35’ 53”
Galaxy	PGC 3848	13.8	01h 05m 01s	-06° 44’ 56”
Galaxy	PGC 4222	13.9	01h 10m 53s	-05° 49’ 18”

Additional resources

• 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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