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 70859	7.1472	14h 29m 23s	-50° 06’ 31”
Star	HIP 71101	8.6442	14h 32m 23s	-47° 45’ 06”
Star	HIP 71018	7.092	14h 31m 29s	-47° 43’ 47”
Star	HIP 70427	8.9918	14h 24m 27s	-49° 00’ 25”
Star	HIP 70270	6.077	14h 22m 38s	-48° 19’ 11”
Star	HIP 70124	7.5104	14h 20m 55s	-49° 21’ 59”
Star	HIP 70672	7.4832	14h 27m 17s	-48° 38’ 10”
Star	HIP 70597	8.3256	14h 26m 22s	-49° 45’ 57”
Star	HIP 71175	8.7302	14h 33m 24s	-49° 53’ 19”
Star	HIP 70977	8.7	14h 31m 02s	-48° 50’ 09”
Star	HIP 70202	8.3912	14h 21m 48s	-48° 04’ 18”
Star	HIP 70809	6.3998	14h 28m 51s	-47° 59’ 31”
Star	HIP 71176	8.2618	14h 33m 24s	-49° 06’ 27”
Star	HIP 70931	5.3792	14h 30m 20s	-49° 31’ 08”
Star	HIP 71552	8.2154	14h 38m 03s	-48° 48’ 35”
Star	HIP 70822	8.7424	14h 28m 59s	-48° 41’ 48”
Star	HIP 70936	8.5864	14h 30m 28s	-49° 22’ 20”
Star	HIP 70691	7.6818	14h 27m 31s	-48° 23’ 01”
Star	HIP 70337	8.1828	14h 23m 27s	-49° 51’ 04”
Star	HIP 70704	8.546	14h 27m 41s	-48° 05’ 24”
Star	HIP 71068	7.7802	14h 32m 01s	-48° 50’ 56”

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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