144P/Kushida live position and data

This page shows Comet 144P/Kushida 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 144P/Kushida (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 109801	0	22h 14m 24s	-08° 44’ 36”
Star	HIP 110003	4.0748	22h 16m 49s	-07° 46’ 59”
Star	HIP 109053	7.9736	22h 05m 32s	-07° 41’ 42”
Star	HIP 109951	8.6714	22h 16m 06s	-07° 05’ 23”
Star	HIP 109356	8.611	22h 09m 15s	-07° 14’ 27”
Star	HIP 109369	6.8884	22h 09m 26s	-08° 11’ 09”
Star	HIP 109380	8.6262	22h 09m 30s	-08° 48’ 01”
Star	HIP 109378	6.4752	22h 09m 29s	-07° 32’ 51”
Star	HIP 109722	8.6484	22h 13m 33s	-07° 22’ 19”
Star	HIP 109849	7.6652	22h 14m 54s	-06° 44’ 07”
Star	HIP 109616	8.606	22h 12m 19s	-07° 03’ 53”
Star	HIP 109637	7.128	22h 12m 35s	-08° 00’ 49”
Star	HIP 109899	8.6346	22h 15m 34s	-08° 23’ 52”
Star	HIP 109646	7.3838	22h 12m 43s	-06° 28’ 08”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 144P/Kushida

• 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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