Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami

Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami is currently in the constellation of Auriga. The current Right Ascension of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami is 05h 26m 04s and the Declination is +29° 52’ 36” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current estimated magnitude of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami is 24.36 (JPL).

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• 15 days ephemerides. Table showing celestial coordinates and magnitude of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami for the past and next 7 days.
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Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami Distance from Earth

The distance of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami from Earth is currently 381,579,169 kilometers, equivalent to 2.550699 Astronomical Units. Light takes 21 minutes and 12.8111 seconds to travel from Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami and arrive to us.

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of 332P/Ikeya-Murakami from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100, the closest approach of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami to Earth happens on Fri Mar 6 2076 at a distance of 0.538311 Astronomical Units, or 80,530,149 kilometers:

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami brightness

The current visual magnitude of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami is 24.36.

The observed magnitude and coma diameter values are derived from the Comet Observers Database by averaging the values reported in recent observations (more recent than 4 days), when available. The Estimated Magnitude comes from the JPL Horizons ephemerides service and might be inaccurate given the highly dynamic and unpredictable behavior of comets. When available, please refer to the Observed Magnitude value and consider the Estimated Magnitude as a directional indication. We acknowledge with thanks the comet observations from the COBS Comet Observation Database contributed by observers worldwide and used in this table to report recent comet observations.

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.

Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami rise and set times

Today's Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

The rise and set times are defined as the time at which the upper limb of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami touches the horizon, considering the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmospheric conditions cannot be modeled precisely the times reported here should be considered correct with an approximation of few minutes.

Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami 15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Click on each row of the table to locate Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami in our Online Planetarium at the chosen date.

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Constellation
2021 Apr 30	05h 05m 08s	+29° 43’ 53”	24.44	Auriga
2021 May 01	05h 07m 45s	+29° 45’ 30”	24.43	Auriga
2021 May 02	05h 10m 21s	+29° 46’ 59”	24.42	Auriga
2021 May 03	05h 12m 59s	+29° 48’ 20”	24.41	Auriga
2021 May 04	05h 15m 37s	+29° 49’ 31”	24.40	Auriga
2021 May 05	05h 18m 15s	+29° 50’ 33”	24.39	Auriga
2021 May 06	05h 20m 56s	+29° 51’ 24”	24.38	Auriga
2021 May 07	05h 23m 35s	+29° 52’ 08”	24.37	Auriga
2021 May 08	05h 26m 17s	+29° 52’ 41”	24.36	Auriga
2021 May 09	05h 28m 59s	+29° 53’ 04”	24.35	Auriga
2021 May 10	05h 31m 42s	+29° 53’ 18”	24.34	Auriga
2021 May 11	05h 34m 26s	+29° 53’ 22”	24.33	Auriga
2021 May 12	05h 37m 09s	+29° 53’ 16”	24.32	Auriga
2021 May 13	05h 39m 55s	+29° 52’ 59”	24.31	Auriga