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21P/Giacobini-Zinner live position and data.
Right Ascension: 14.158051
Declination: -8.033847 (J2000) Magnitude: 22.98 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Virgo
Sun Distance: 819234403 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 786413795 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 29 Mar 2025 09:11 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 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 21P/Giacobini-Zinner (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 68819 | 8.1438 | 14h 05m 22s | -07° 59’ 48” |
Star | HIP 69203 | 8.8112 | 14h 10m 04s | -08° 22’ 18” |
Star | HIP 68888 | 6.5246 | 14h 06m 17s | -08° 53’ 29” |
Star | HIP 69556 | 8.085 | 14h 14m 16s | -07° 03’ 21” |
Star | HIP 69466 | 7.065 | 14h 13m 18s | -08° 26’ 40” |
Star | HIP 68806 | 7.5564 | 14h 05m 12s | -07° 16’ 35” |
Star | HIP 69541 | 8.3582 | 14h 14m 09s | -08° 31’ 06” |
Star | HIP 68967 | 7.7846 | 14h 07m 08s | -08° 26’ 21” |
Star | HIP 69463 | 8.0806 | 14h 13m 17s | -08° 40’ 09” |
Star | HIP 69133 | 8.7438 | 14h 09m 03s | -08° 00’ 14” |
Star | HIP 69236 | 7.7866 | 14h 10m 28s | -06° 33’ 34” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: