126P/IRAS Real Time Position & Data |
Right Ascension: 1.155918
Declination: -6.972624 (J2000) Magnitude: 14.45 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cetus
Sun Distance: 261341794 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 303455884 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 9 Jul 2023 03:49 UTC [] |
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).
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” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: