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 100137	0	20h 18m 47s	-52° 37’ 04”
Star	HIP 100729	8.9064	20h 25m 18s	-52° 20’ 09”
Star	HIP 101201	7.7104	20h 30m 48s	-52° 48’ 28”
Star	HIP 100942	8.9268	20h 27m 59s	-51° 39’ 51”
Star	HIP 100207	8.7726	20h 19m 27s	-52° 10’ 36”
Star	HIP 100090	7.5726	20h 18m 19s	-51° 05’ 12”
Star	HIP 101048	7.7308	20h 29m 03s	-51° 05’ 05”
Star	HIP 100752	8.5518	20h 25m 39s	-53° 06’ 33”
Star	HIP 101001	8.878	20h 28m 38s	-52° 24’ 03”
Star	HIP 100057	8.404	20h 17m 58s	-52° 44’ 25”
Star	HIP 100656	8.8088	20h 24m 35s	-53° 19’ 07”
Star	HIP 100580	7.8126	20h 23m 48s	-50° 50’ 16”
Star	HIP 100260	8.374	20h 20m 04s	-51° 39’ 28”
Star	HIP 100627	8.8344	20h 24m 15s	-53° 02’ 05”
Star	HIP 100411	7.6324	20h 21m 41s	-50° 46’ 34”
Star	HIP 100189	8.9218	20h 19m 19s	-52° 59’ 16”
Star	HIP 100569	8.6688	20h 23m 35s	-51° 11’ 19”
Star	HIP 100035	6.65	20h 17m 43s	-51° 55’ 00”
Star	HIP 100126	7.6626	20h 18m 42s	-51° 30’ 22”
Galaxy	NGC 6887	12.8	20h 17m 16s	-52° 47’ 48”

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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