40P/Vaisala live position and data

This page shows Comet 40P/Vaisala 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 40P/Vaisala (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 12856	0	02h 45m 16s	+05° 33’ 39”
Star	HIP 13170	0	02h 49m 22s	+05° 41’ 17”
Star	HIP 13198	0	02h 49m 51s	+06° 28’ 02”
Star	HIP 13306	8.6512	02h 51m 13s	+04° 26’ 25”
Star	HIP 12813	8.5186	02h 44m 42s	+05° 45’ 39”
Star	HIP 13408	7.0718	02h 52m 39s	+06° 28’ 29”
Star	HIP 12862	6.0206	02h 45m 20s	+04° 42’ 42”
Star	HIP 12802	7.6258	02h 44m 32s	+05° 39’ 28”
Star	HIP 12925	7.831	02h 46m 14s	+05° 35’ 33”
Galaxy	NGC 1101	14.0	02h 48m 19s	+04° 34’ 27”
Galaxy	NGC 1070	12.8	02h 43m 22s	+04° 58’ 03”

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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