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17P/Holmes live position and data.
Right Ascension: 21.831966
Declination: -10.074496 (J2000) Magnitude: 16.31 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Capricornus
Sun Distance: 313347508 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 437933561 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 13 Feb 2021 18:53 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 17P/Holmes 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 17P/Holmes (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 107793 | 7.9892 | 21h 50m 11s | -11° 20’ 35” |
Star | HIP 107589 | 8.864 | 21h 47m 27s | -09° 45’ 23” |
Star | HIP 108058 | 6.5834 | 21h 53m 36s | -10° 18’ 41” |
Star | HIP 107517 | 5.57 | 21h 46m 32s | -11° 21’ 57” |
Star | HIP 107622 | 8.471 | 21h 47m 55s | -09° 51’ 48” |
Star | HIP 107857 | 7.428 | 21h 51m 05s | -10° 02’ 16” |
Star | HIP 107373 | 8.6386 | 21h 44m 52s | -10° 12’ 47” |
Star | HIP 107846 | 8.5832 | 21h 50m 56s | -10° 38’ 38” |
Star | HIP 108043 | 8.343 | 21h 53m 21s | -10° 15’ 20” |
Star | HIP 107820 | 6.4064 | 21h 50m 35s | -08° 58’ 56” |
Star | HIP 107487 | 5.8626 | 21h 46m 16s | -09° 16’ 33” |
Star | HIP 107508 | 8.6508 | 21h 46m 26s | -10° 49’ 13” |
Star | HIP 108067 | 8.6274 | 21h 53m 42s | -09° 46’ 34” |
Star | HIP 108018 | 6.7812 | 21h 53m 00s | -10° 33’ 45” |
Star | HIP 107974 | 7.1536 | 21h 52m 29s | -09° 25’ 04” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: