40P/Vaisala 1 live position and data

This page shows Comet 40P/Vaisala 1 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).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 40P/Vaisala 1 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 4944	8.7962	01h 03m 25s	-01° 29’ 43”
Star	HIP 5552	8.3	01h 11m 12s	-01° 16’ 27”
Star	HIP 5225	8.6706	01h 06m 47s	-00° 56’ 15”
Star	HIP 5594	5.7876	01h 11m 43s	-02° 15’ 03”
Star	HIP 5704	7.1188	01h 13m 23s	-02° 33’ 02”
Star	HIP 5697	8.8678	01h 13m 18s	-01° 51’ 43”
Star	HIP 5253	7.2738	01h 07m 10s	-01° 43’ 55”
Star	HIP 5360	8.19	01h 08m 32s	-02° 03’ 35”
Star	HIP 5290	8.4978	01h 07m 41s	-02° 44’ 36”
Star	HIP 5474	8.6902	01h 10m 05s	-01° 35’ 55”
Star	HIP 5102	8.5936	01h 05m 23s	-03° 22’ 59”
Galaxy	PGC 3832	13.5	01h 04m 38s	-02° 31’ 55”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 40P/Vaisala 1

• 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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