18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) live position and data

This page shows Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) 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 in the background 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 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 82323	0	16h 49m 15s	-14° 22’ 08”
Star	HIP 82525	7.68	16h 52m 04s	-14° 48’ 10”
Star	HIP 82535	8.3282	16h 52m 14s	-14° 22’ 13”
Star	HIP 82259	6.024	16h 48m 26s	-14° 54’ 33”
Star	HIP 81870	8.021	16h 43m 18s	-14° 02’ 05”
Star	HIP 81970	7.69	16h 44m 42s	-14° 04’ 48”
Star	HIP 82384	8.7784	16h 50m 03s	-15° 25’ 34”
Star	HIP 82134	8.3188	16h 46m 47s	-13° 20’ 19”
Star	HIP 82339	6.165	16h 49m 27s	-15° 40’ 04”
Star	HIP 81892	8.359	16h 43m 38s	-15° 14’ 37”

Additional resources

• 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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