Sun Dist: 886195774.31747 km [ km/s]
Earth Dist: 1002980935.0519 km [ km/s] Perihelion: 25 Nov 2036 16:55 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 48629 | 0 | 09h 54m 59s | +40° 23’ 05” |
Star | HIP 49526 | 0 | 10h 06m 44s | +41° 42’ 56” |
Star | HIP 48418 | 7.946 | 09h 52m 15s | +40° 58’ 13” |
Star | HIP 48818 | 8.9428 | 09h 57m 30s | +41° 11’ 38” |
Star | HIP 48968 | 8.3026 | 09h 59m 21s | +40° 34’ 19” |
Star | HIP 49019 | 7.3078 | 10h 00m 03s | +42° 19’ 00” |
Star | HIP 49271 | 7.2452 | 10h 03m 27s | +41° 18’ 17” |
Star | HIP 48875 | 8.1996 | 09h 58m 07s | +41° 35’ 42” |
Star | HIP 49352 | 8.3564 | 10h 04m 28s | +42° 22’ 30” |
Star | HIP 48894 | 7.6576 | 09h 58m 25s | +40° 44’ 34” |
Star | HIP 49482 | 8.3642 | 10h 06m 09s | +41° 05’ 25” |
Star | HIP 49448 | 7.5724 | 10h 05m 43s | +41° 02’ 42” |
Star | HIP 48833 | 5.07 | 09h 57m 41s | +41° 03’ 20” |
Star | HIP 49268 | 7.0856 | 10h 03m 24s | +42° 00’ 33” |
Star | HIP 49355 | 8.5266 | 10h 04m 32s | +40° 39’ 54” |
Star | HIP 49491 | 8.3342 | 10h 06m 15s | +40° 55’ 30” |
Galaxy | NGC 3104 | 13.8 | 10h 03m 57s | +40° 45’ 28” |
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