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 3757	0	00h 48m 13s	-05° 08’ 06”
Star	HIP 3935	7.9316	00h 50m 31s	-05° 18’ 50”
Star	HIP 4036	8.2634	00h 51m 44s	-06° 06’ 00”
Star	HIP 3979	6.925	00h 51m 10s	-05° 02’ 20”
Star	HIP 3746	7.9094	00h 48m 03s	-03° 42’ 43”
Star	HIP 3465	8.791	00h 44m 19s	-04° 23’ 56”
Star	HIP 3552	5.979	00h 45m 24s	-04° 37’ 45”
Star	HIP 3486	8.4624	00h 44m 30s	-05° 37’ 34”
Star	HIP 4156	8.7106	00h 53m 06s	-05° 37’ 11”
Star	HIP 3645	7.479	00h 46m 40s	-04° 25’ 35”
Star	HIP 4068	8.4746	00h 52m 11s	-06° 00’ 03”
Star	HIP 3549	8.635	00h 45m 20s	-05° 00’ 32”
Star	HIP 3982	8.7628	00h 51m 12s	-05° 11’ 00”
Star	HIP 3727	7.9342	00h 47m 52s	-05° 59’ 33”
Star	HIP 4040	8.3408	00h 51m 48s	-04° 05’ 11”
Galaxy	PGC 2788	14.0	00h 47m 32s	-05° 04’ 37”
Galaxy	NGC 268	13.6	00h 50m 09s	-05° 11’ 38”
Galaxy	PGC 2936	13.2	00h 50m 27s	-05° 51’ 32”

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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