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 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 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 82244	8.6438	16h 48m 12s	-20° 56’ 50”
Star	HIP 81796	8.4246	16h 42m 24s	-20° 09’ 52”
Star	HIP 81844	8.7402	16h 43m 01s	-21° 20’ 38”
Star	HIP 82265	7.9744	16h 48m 32s	-19° 17’ 12”
Star	HIP 81887	7.8024	16h 43m 37s	-20° 41’ 47”
Star	HIP 81754	5.5408	16h 41m 53s	-19° 55’ 28”
Star	HIP 81632	6.1414	16h 40m 34s	-20° 24’ 31”
Star	HIP 82038	6.4596	16h 45m 30s	-19° 08’ 12”
Star	HIP 82149	7.6324	16h 46m 57s	-20° 06’ 12”
Star	HIP 81783	8.7388	16h 42m 15s	-20° 03’ 43”
Star	HIP 82306	8.4406	16h 49m 01s	-20° 27’ 21”
Star	HIP 81785	8.6066	16h 42m 17s	-20° 11’ 13”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

• 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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