45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova live position and data

This page shows Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova 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 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 74145	7.4262	15h 09m 02s	-13° 59’ 58”
Star	HIP 73416	8.9662	15h 00m 13s	-14° 43’ 42”
Star	HIP 73724	7.961	15h 04m 14s	-15° 29’ 51”
Star	HIP 74007	7.7408	15h 07m 25s	-15° 25’ 00”
Star	HIP 74209	8.5842	15h 09m 52s	-15° 42’ 23”
Star	HIP 73720	8.2326	15h 04m 08s	-15° 27’ 41”
Star	HIP 73766	7.839	15h 04m 44s	-14° 59’ 50”
Star	HIP 74005	8.0596	15h 07m 25s	-14° 40’ 44”
Star	HIP 73613	8.4056	15h 02m 46s	-15° 03’ 00”
Star	HIP 74050	7.9728	15h 07m 58s	-14° 35’ 32”

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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