161P/Hartley-IRAS live position and data

This page shows Comet 161P/Hartley-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 161P/Hartley-IRAS (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 42800	0	08h 43m 13s	-50° 07’ 37”
Star	HIP 42177	5.7952	08h 35m 52s	-50° 58’ 10”
Star	HIP 42972	8.3028	08h 45m 30s	-50° 45’ 09”
Star	HIP 42069	6.5806	08h 34m 28s	-51° 05’ 35”
Star	HIP 42481	8.3462	08h 39m 40s	-49° 17’ 16”
Star	HIP 41756	8.3644	08h 30m 52s	-50° 51’ 12”
Star	HIP 42834	5.1496	08h 43m 40s	-49° 49’ 22”
Star	HIP 42117	7.878	08h 35m 07s	-49° 44’ 35”
Star	HIP 42682	8.83	08h 41m 58s	-50° 48’ 34”
Star	HIP 42088	4.8556	08h 34m 43s	-49° 56’ 39”
Star	HIP 42366	8.2674	08h 38m 19s	-50° 30’ 30”
Star	HIP 42272	7.3712	08h 37m 09s	-49° 25’ 30”
Star	HIP 41882	6.8912	08h 32m 23s	-49° 36’ 04”
Star	HIP 42519	7.4516	08h 40m 08s	-51° 56’ 29”
Star	HIP 42136	7.4542	08h 35m 22s	-51° 49’ 13”
Star	HIP 42296	8.454	08h 37m 23s	-51° 15’ 42”
Star	HIP 42946	7.9416	08h 45m 15s	-49° 34’ 43”
Star	HIP 42585	8.0804	08h 40m 45s	-51° 02’ 14”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 161P/Hartley-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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