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17P/Holmes live position and data.
Right Ascension: 8.512739
Declination: 26.843143 (J2000) Magnitude: 21.67 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cancer
Sun Distance: 590222113 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 726158020 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 19 Feb 2021 16:23 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 41377 | 5.4476 | 08h 26m 27s | +27° 53’ 37” |
Star | HIP 41469 | 8.8188 | 08h 27m 31s | +26° 50’ 46” |
Star | HIP 41679 | 6.8036 | 08h 29m 49s | +26° 11’ 34” |
Star | HIP 41791 | 7.5376 | 08h 31m 15s | +25° 44’ 25” |
Star | HIP 41999 | 8.4492 | 08h 33m 38s | +27° 20’ 41” |
Star | HIP 41194 | 8.4064 | 08h 24m 21s | +26° 27’ 56” |
Star | HIP 41487 | 8.3416 | 08h 27m 39s | +27° 33’ 42” |
Star | HIP 41394 | 8.1564 | 08h 26m 40s | +28° 03’ 48” |
Star | HIP 41404 | 6.1486 | 08h 26m 47s | +26° 56’ 07” |
Star | HIP 41760 | 8.3082 | 08h 30m 56s | +26° 01’ 22” |
Star | HIP 41700 | 8.5818 | 08h 30m 09s | +28° 04’ 52” |
Galaxy | NGC 2592 | 13.4 | 08h 27m 07s | +25° 58’ 14” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: