21P/Giacobini-Zinner Real Time Position & Data |
Right Ascension: 13.332435
Declination: 0.892223 (J2000) Magnitude: 22.37 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Virgo
Sun Distance: 764385617 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 668043578 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 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).
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 65211 | 8.8042 | 13h 21m 50s | +01° 23’ 43” |
Star | HIP 65051 | 8.298 | 13h 20m 02s | +01° 36’ 35” |
Star | HIP 65483 | 7.1422 | 13h 25m 16s | +00° 50’ 59” |
Star | HIP 65405 | 7.3332 | 13h 24m 18s | +01° 23’ 59” |
Star | HIP 64930 | 7.4338 | 13h 18m 28s | +01° 14’ 47” |
Star | HIP 65238 | 7.8432 | 13h 22m 07s | -00° 04’ 04” |
Star | HIP 65198 | 5.691 | 13h 21m 41s | +02° 05’ 14” |
Star | HIP 64960 | 8.6092 | 13h 18m 54s | +00° 30’ 21” |
Star | HIP 64799 | 7.418 | 13h 16m 51s | +01° 14’ 24” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: